Kiss The Sky Pictures
SHORT FILMS & PROJECTS
'A Confession, of sorts'
Letter to Jim Jarmusch: a Confession, of sorts. Narrated by A. Bryenton and J. Goudge. Music: AJ Hickling (Elizabeth Rose) from Cinematic & Paul Williams.
Written& filmed: Platon Malakhov
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Edited by: Platon Malakhov
July 2019
'Following The Song': short version
Mapacho Man's doco featuring Eden Heke captured in the wilderness of Peruvian Andes. Music by Vojta '...connection very much...' Winner of Open Section Non Fiction Award at Northland Film Competotion, filmed in 2017 on zero budget & coca leaves.
Director: Platon Malakhov
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Edited by: Platon Malakhov
January 2018
'House To Die For'
An introduction to DIRT CHEAP DOCO currently being filmed at our house, which we restored just in time for winter with kind permission of its owners. V.O. by A. Bryenton, music by AJ from 'Cinematic' album of Evolving Rhythms.
Director: Platon Malakhov
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Edited by: Platon Malakhov
September 2018
'Te Koporu's Finest'
Facilitator of Extelligence Late-night Talk with Andrew Bryenton. Music by Paul Williams, feat. Sons of Mums. Assembled from shakier-than-ever footage by Platon Malakhov taken in Te Koporu
Director: Platon Malakhov
Produced by​: Platon Malakhov
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Edited by: Platon Malakhov
August 2018
'Introducing Kambo, Kambo'
This is a promo spill for documentary project which has been approved by NZ Arts Foundation for crowdfunding, but fell short of being funded. Here's the Boosted link anyway:
https://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/kambo-kambo
Voice Over: Andrew Bryenton
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October 2016
'KAMBO, KAMBO'
"A gringo ventures into unmapped territory of Brazilian Amazon in search of miraculous venom, guided by half-blind bruho and a cosmic wisdom-dispenser-in-one." That's a tagline; the feature is 106 min. long and fits into personal-adventure-documentary genre. Took 6 months of editing.
Music by Paul Williams, Tito la Rosa, Jon Sanders, Globular & Brothyl Beats. Voice over by Andrew Bryenton.
Narrated by​: Andrew Bryenton
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Film by: Platon Malakhov
November 2016
'Eden Heke's Song'
Mapacho Man's doco featuring Eden Heke captured in the wilderness of Peruvian Andes. Music by Vojta '...connection very much...' Filmed in 2017 on zero budget while chewing coca leaves.
Director: Platon Malakhov
Produced by​: Platon Malakhov
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Edited by: Platon Malakhov
January 2018
'Be a Doll now, Darling!'
Is a doco of our times staying at Stone House. With Kane Hooper, EKATERINA SHEFER, EGOR & SERAFIM. Music by Paul Williams (uncredited) big thanx to Cliff & Lyndsay for letting us into their life.
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Film by: Platon Malakhov
September 2015
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'CHOQUEQUIRAU journey of healing'
A mystic tour to Choquequirau citadel of Inca Empire guided by a peruvian paqo with Felix Durden, Safah Roberts, Jamie Wrate, Sean Chiddy and Ekaterina Shefer. Music by Daniel C. Wagner and can be found on https://danielc.bandcamp.com
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Music by​: Daniel C. Wagner
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Film by: Platon Malakhov
June 2017
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'Missign Haka'
A field interview with Taherama Tamatea about the power of femininity in traditional haka. Please excuse borrowed footage, it is only for shared educational use. Music by AJ Hickling and Jesse Tree
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Compiled by: Platon Malakhov
December 2018
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'Oh, buoy!': a Scene on the Beach
A warm-up sketch with Shannon Escuilat and Gavin James in preparation for a project involving plot, camera set-ups and actual acting that never happened. Interestingly enough the untold life stories and willingness to take part in impromptu outing gave material a chance to be aired and here we are... goldfish swimming in glass bubbles fed with crumbs of art and living largely in dreams of exploring our potential.
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Film by: Platon Malakhov
April 2015
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Xceed's Poison Arrow: Behind the Scenes
The making of Rahul Mukund's video, day 2: the Church Scenes. Produced for Xceed, Aidan Otene and Illuminate Productions crew. It was a random unpaid (as usual) project to keep the guns oiled, so to speak. Was shot on the fly with Sony A6000 that nobody takes seriously as it looks like your soapbox DSLR
Produced by​: Shannon Esquilat
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Filmed by: Platon Malakhov
May 2015
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A Different BallGame
In the galaxy far-far away style ruled over substance... this for made for 48 Hour Film Festival of 2014. The crew was mashed up from people who never met each other and given very vague yet ambitious directions the cut submitted to the festival looked like a trailer with flashing bits of dialogue that never tied anything up so I came home and made my own version: a Different Ballgame. It never got any views but it's worth a look from artistic point of view.
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Directed by : Paulette Edser
Filmed and edited by: Platon Malakhov
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May 2014
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Simplicity of Living,
discourse in Absurdistan
Zahira's talk on simplicity of living during Sufi Camp in Absurdistan, Kaiwaka. Gives one a glimpse into the community of old sannyasins living among hillocks of rural northland.
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Filmed, edited and directed by: Platon Malakhov
February 2015
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A Search for Perfect Futon
(a rare pilgrimage)
Once there was a man who spent best part of his life looking
in vain for enlightenment, true love and his inner child.
His efforts turned futile, there came a time when he was
finally ready to settle for a good night’s sleep.
But even then it turned out that a well-made futon was hard
to find...​
Filmed & edited by: Platon Malakhov
June 2014
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Ishkalla and the Mirror
A small skech of Ishakalla dancing to Jimmy Dale's drumming on Sunday morning. If you wanna dance, I wanna film it - can we do that?
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Filmed & edited by: Platon Malakhov
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June 2014
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Bed Act
(do what you wanna do)
"We ransomed our dignity to the clouds, and the uncomprehending birds listened. Don't you see?! We're actors—we're the opposite of people!"- short sketch with Eva-Maria Hess and Shannon Esquilat
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Filmed & edited by: Platon Malakhov
June 2014
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Milkshake Train
Shannon Esquilat's milkshake illustrating double act with himself. We went to Mc Donalds, out of all places, waiting for theatre backstage doors to be unlocked and let us in - it was a rainy winter night.
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Filmed & edited by: Platon Malakhov
June 2014
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