Mill+ Director Ilya Abulkhanov opened Offf Barcelona 2019 with the debut of his sci-fi short film ‘ARXIV’. ARXIV (pronounced ‘archive’) is an immersive sci-fi family drama is set in two time frames: the deep future, that is left with no future, and the near future, that will bring about the eventual dystopian collapse of society. Protagonist Lew Aron survives both time frames and is set to discover a potential outlet to confront his innermost desire, or what’s left of it.
Directed by Ilya Abulkhanov
Screenplay by R. John Lewis
Based on Characters Developed by Ilya Abulkhanov
Director of Photography Sean Bagley
Edited by Andy McGraw
Produced by Gabriel Blanco and Elizabeth Newman
Executive Producers Zu Al-Kadiri Phil Crowe Stephen Venning Ian Bearce Enca Kaul Rani Melendez
Cast: Lew Michael Curylo Kelly Britt Harris Doctor K. Gregory Niebel May Vienna Weaver Colleague Elijah Howard Doorman Jon Harris Secretary Lucy Boryer Anchor Azize Erim
Girl Reading Book Linda Aleman Patient Erick Medal Diner Patron Ruth Banks Mataya Diner Patron Willard Riley Diner Patron Michael A. Rubio
Co-Worker Hiwot Yimer Co-Worker Canaan Dewey Co-Worker Victoria Johnson Welder Giovanni Della Pace
Casting by Danielle Eskinazi
Production Designer Evi Ellias
Costume Designer Agga B. Raya
Original Music By Jesse Solomon Clark
Sound Design & Mix by Beacon Street Studios
First Assistant Director Miles Johnstone
Edited by Andy McGraw / Cartel Assistant Scott Beatty Producer Greer Bratschie Executive Producer Lauren Bleiweiss
Associate Producer James Morse
Skyler Wahl Production Coordinator Matt Fulton 2nd Assistant Director Rochely Zapata Production Assistant
Production Sound Mixer Ellie Bootorich
Offline Sound Mix Cyrus Shahmir
Art Department Leila Ryndak Property Master Giovanni Della Pace Leadman Shelby Strong Set Dresser Prerna Chawla Buyer Angel Herrera Shopper
Make-up by Victoria Payne
Camera 1st Assistant Camera Nick Cutway 2nd Assistant Camera / Loader Rob Reaves Key Grip & Gaffer Lev Abrahamian G&E Driver Sam Le Bas G/E Swing Aram Martirosyan and Conor Long
Visual Effects by The Mill
Creative Director Ilya Abulkhanov VFX Supervisor / Project Lead Lee Nelson Art Director Sidney Tan Lead Motion Designer Woosung Kang Technical Director / 2D Lead Justin Sucara 2nd Technical Director Greg Park
Motion Design Artists Taehoon Park Kyle Moore Jan Sladecko Sasha Vinogradova Maxim Goudin Greg Park Anastasia Skrebneva
Post Producer Moira Mahoney Post Production Coordinator Matthew Fulton
VFX Supervisor / Creative Lead James Allen CG Supervisor Manjunath Shivaprasad 2D Supervisor Rakesh Venugopalan Asset Supervisor Anish Mohan Line Producer R Anuraj Production Coordinators Noan John Vinod Nathan Niamehr Mimi Milligan
Fx: Biswajit Tarafdar
3D Artists: Kartik Arora Asis Kumar Mahakhud Sivasubramanian Sudakshina Sridharan Vittal Kuntla Abdul Rehman Amit Patil Asit Midya Kalidas Patil 2D Artists Roman Yavorsky Franz Kol Lenz Kol KaiChun Tsai Evan Langley Stephen Paragone Rob Winfield Tim Robbins Gavin Marler Jeff Langlois Alex Candlish Patrick Dirks Lisa Kim Ahmed El-Azma Roger Cerqua Badrinath Chinimilli P.K. Sajith Prasanna Bhatt Ramanjaneyulu Thota Shivam Shukla Vinod Gopinathan
Matte Painting Bill Lu Bijo Joy Jobin Jacob Netra Mankar Priyanka Telang
Modeling Joel Kittle
Tracking Michael Lori Elizabeth Hammer Danny Garcia
Rotoscoping & Tracking TRACE
Colorist Adam Scott Color Assistant Logan Highlen
Color Senior Producer Liza Kerlin Color Coordinator Jessica Amburgey
Mural Paintings by Sidney Tan Yi-Jen Liu Hyoyeon Lee
Design Support Eunhae Yoo
Casting Department Danielle Eskinazi / Casting CCDA Casting Assistant Katie O’Connor
Costume Design Assistant Madeline Northway
Title Design by Ilya Abulkhanov Woosung Kang Taehoon Park Lee Nelson Special Thanks Robin Shenfield Dee Allen Chris Harlowe Dan Roberts Chris Knight Glyn Tebbutt
Film Processing by FotoKem Cameras Provided by Keslow Cameras and Robot Heart Co. Shot on Arriflex Cameras and Kodak Film Film Scanning by Technicolor Grip and Electric Equipment Provided by G&J Grip
