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Breakaway Daily interview with Russian noir filmmaker Diana Galimzyanova

Diana Galimzyanova is a writer and director based in Moscow, Russia. Her four award winning short films were accepted to more than thirty five festivals in thirteen countries. Her latest short script A Fangirl is a finalist in several competitions and will be the first ever female-directed Russian film noir with reverse chronology.  She’s recently launched an Indigogo campaign for her debut feature The Lightest Darkness.

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BREAKAWAY DAILY: What is it about film noir that you enjoy so much?

DIANA: I’ve always been a fan of classic Hollywood, and film noir is such an amazing style, and a lot of the film noir films look and feel absolutely relevant to our times because they talk about archetypal issues.