4K | DOLBY 5.1 | 43 MIN | LOS ANGELES | 2023
A purely original, philosophical, and deeply heartfelt story about individuality, "Iconic" is a narrative short by a directing duo from Belarus, Konstantin Pivovar & Lilia Le Dieu. The project was independently produced and completed in the fall of 2023.
The story has humorous elements and starts innocently, but then it slowly molds into something grotesque, shifting away from the “comedy” in its name. It takes place in an unfamiliar setting, staying in a tone that mediates between suspense and irony.
Three people have been chosen to pray to a mystic Column in a closed spacious hall. They spent days on their knees without leaving.
After a few years of no effect, one of them (Grugan) wakes up and starts to question their bizarre experience. As his conversation with a fellow supplicant, Brud, goes on, both of them decide to change tactics of praying and find the meaning. A third supplicant, Enk, also joins the search for answers, and as the day goes on, Brud begins to lose his patience and descends into despair as his familiar routine has been disrupted.
Grugan is not sure if they are just wasting their time or getting closer to a long-awaited goal instead. It is time to decide, whether they should leave the hall or continue praying in hopes of getting what they were promised.
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CAST
Grugan
Isaac Williams
Isaac Williams is a New York-based actor. Originally from Junction City, Kansas, he graduated from Missouri State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Music Education and a minor in Theatre in 2021. Isaac made his New York City 2021 stage debut as Diego in "The Mad Little Reefers." "Iconic" is his first on-screen appearance.
Brud
Robert Solomon
Robert Solomon is an actor and musician from Atlanta, GA. He started acting in high school theater before attending the Georgia Institute of Technology to study applied mathematics. In 2017, he was a member of the Shakespeare Academy @Stratford ensemble where he trained and performed under the tutelage of Brian McManamon. Later that year, he temporarily halted his studies to fly to LA, where he acted in the eponymous role in the short film, "Duke". For this leading role, he has been nominated for numerous Best Actor awards, most recently winning Best Actor at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival.
Enk
Sidney Rose White
Sidney Rose White is an actress, model, and artist based in New York, NY. She can be seen in HULU’s Red Is The Color of Beauty, SCHON! Magazine’s Sheltering With You, F*cking Flaubert, Restless, Beyond Closed Doors, Bergdorf Goodman x Wes Anderson Holiday Campaign, Gossip Girl (‘20 -’22) and more. She was born in Lubbock, Texas. She attended Hub City Performing Arts and UIL One Act Play competitions with awards for her lead role as Blanche DuBois in Streetcar Named Desire, Alice Sycamore in You Can’t Take it With You, and Maggie in the Shadow Box. During this time, she attended the New York Film Academy summer intensives in high school, which eventually led her to enroll and study at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute
Konstantin Pivovar
Writer/Director
Lilia Le Dieu
Producer/Co-Director
Kenny Jonhson
Producer
Luisa Dale Silva
Director of Photography
Alicia Estelle-Simon
Production Designer
Andrey Dergachev
Supervising Sound Editor
Ji Ye Won
Editor
Juan Luqui
Composer
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