“CLEAN THE ROOM”, A Roger Smith Short by Dmitry Povolotsky
Posted on 13. Apr, 2010 by Editor in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Hotel
Clean the Room by Dmitry Povolotsky from Panman Productions on Vimeo.
“Clean the Room”, is a film about mistaken identity and serendipity. This physical comedy, which takes place in the Penthouse of the Roger Smith Hotel is a modern day Cinderella story in which the dreams of a maid strangely come true, while she cleans a messy hotel room. Clean the Room won Best Film at the Roger Smith Shorts Film Festival in August 2009.
About the Director
Dmitry Povolotsky is a writer, director, and choreographer living in Brooklyn. At the age of ten, he was selected to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow to study classical ballet. After graduating from the academy nine years later, Dmitry was awarded a full scholarship to Juilliard in New York City where he received a BFA in modern dance and choreography.
Dmitry remained in New York City to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet for eight seasons and to teach ballet and choreograph for inner city youth at the Harlem School of the Arts.
After making his first short film in 2003, Dmitry left the dance world to study film at Columbia University Film Division. PAL/SECAM, his thesis film, has played at 40 film festivals all over the world, has won several prestigious film awards and was sold to 6 territories so far.
Credits
Written and Directed by Dmitry Povolotsky
Story Idea by Bilge Ebiri
Executive Producers -?Brendan Crane, ?John Knowles
Cast?Maid – Susan Brady
Bobby – Michael Mason
Superstar – Sarah Lilley
Crew
Director of Photography – Christina Voros
Art Direction – Julia Cairo
Assistant Director – Rebecca Conroy
Sound – Marin Conroy
Editor – Julia Kots
Wardrobe Provided by CMarchuska and The Green Room NYC
Special Thanks to the Roger Smith Hotel
