Vostok Station

Frydryk is the sole survivor of an unexplained cataclysmic event. Roaming bloody and dazed amongst a polar landscape — pocked with beached container ships — he experiences a moment of sky-splitting beauty. Starring  Matthew Sunderland (Out of the Blue), this visually arresting short film was written and directed by music video director Dylan Pharazyn, and  filmed on Mount Ruapehu. Extensive visual effects were added in post-production. Vostok Station was selected for America's Sundance Film Festival (where it was nominated for a New Frontier award), plus festivals Valladolid (Spain) and onedotzero (London).

I guess the plan was to try and break the mold a bit with the traditional short film format. I liked the idea of making an art film that utilised a heavy post component. A combination not that common in short films.

– Dylan Pharazyn, in a Campaign Brief interview, 21 January 2010

Key Cast & Crew

Ian McCarroll

Cinematographer

Stuart Bedford

Visual Effects

Matthew Sunderland

As: Frydryk Wosniak

Richard Collins

Producer

Maxwell Scott

Composer, Sound Design

Dylan Pharazyn

Director, Writer