Mind Your Step
Tamara, a middle-aged immigrant woman, works as a metro cleaner. Her daily routine is interspersed by memories of her past life filled with dancing. One day, she breaks social norms by dancing in a subway car, shedding her invisibility and reclaiming her identity.
- Language No Dialogue
- Country Netherlands
- Genre
- Year of creation 2026
- Duration 00:05:36
Alina Milkina is a Ukrainian Netherlands-based filmmaker. While growing up in Alchevsk, Ukraine, Alina used to watch a lot of USSR animation, which influenced her future storytelling signature. She graduated from Minerva Academy in Groningen, the Netherlands, with a degree in illustration, and obtained a master’s degree in animation from AKV St. Joost in ’s-Hertogenbosch. Her graduation film Morning Grass premiered at Annecy in 2021. After working in the Dutch film industry as a 2D animator, Alina focused her practice on independent filmmaking. In her storytelling, she portrays themes of longing for home and the poetry of our surroundings
