“…ANTI-mainstream, transgressive, and a sheer avant-garde spectacle.”
-Planet Cinema
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Anything You Lose
A cinema vérité experience spanning seven years, Anything You Lose is a journey through the maze of Assisted Reproductive Technologies and into the depths of silence of infertility.
Funded in part by NYSCA, pro bono legal by Cardozo School of Law
The film was created to uplift the majority of Assisted Reproductive technologies patients– those who do not succeed; give them voice, dignity and a way forward.
Full Length Documentary. Premiered at the Barbican, London, UKWelcome to Vodar Films, LLC
Vodar Films, LLC is an award winning independent production company established by Irina Vodar in 2005 and dedicated to creating thought-provoking and emotionally resonant films that explore the depth of human experiences. With a focus on storytelling that transcends boundaries, Vodar Films specializes in projects that merge artistic vision with social impact, shedding light on universal themes of love, loss, identity, and resilience.
The company champions innovative narratives, often collaborating with diverse voices to craft compelling documentaries and experimental works. Committed to excellence in filmmaking, Vodar Films aims to inspire, engage, and connect audiences worldwide through the power of cinema.
“…a telling documentary about social chaos in post-Soviet Russia.”
-Hollywood Reporter
Miss GULAG
Through the prism of a beauty pageant staged by female inmates of a Siberian prison camp emerges a complex narrative of the lives of the first generation of women to come of age in Post-Soviet Russia.
Funded in part by The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, The Ford Foundation
Full Length DocumentaryPremiered at Berlin Film Festival, Germany Available on Amazon Prime, iTV, JustWatch
WRITER | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | EDITOR
Irina Vodar is an award-winning filmmaker and graphic designer with over twenty years of experience in film and Broadcast Design with ABC News. As an Indie Filmmaker, Irina wrote, produced and directed two full-length documentary films. Her debut doc feature Miss Gulag, produced in association with Neihausen-Yatskova Films on a beauty pageant in a Russian prison for women, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival (available on Amazon Prime).
Her second documentary Anything You Lose, an insightful portrayal of infertility journey, won funding from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and went viral on the Indie Film Festival circuit with a 3X WIN at IndieFest Film Awards, garnering nearly 100 awards and nominations globally.