A couple, Vlad and Sophy, navigate their relationship as well as their own struggles with mental health in the context of a highly connected, politically uncertain modern world while on a trip to a remote Canadian island in this avant-garde feature film. PREFACE TO A HISTORY, created with a tiny crew of four people, represents an experiment in using minimalist tools to create an overwhelming aesthetic experience in service of a simple, but specifically contemporary, story about two people attempting to navigate a fraying relationship amid all the anxieties and external pressures of modern adulthood in a technologically-interconnected and politically unstable era.
Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.
A short experimental film that explores the loss of identity that can occur when one submits oneself completely to technology. Made as a contribution to "Greetings from Isolation", a collection of short films made during lock-down with limited resources, curated by Canadian Programmer Stacey Donen.
Sophy Romvari is Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto.