TK 01 · Story
One room. One situation.
A dead musician. A release hours away. One apartment. As the pressure rises, a practical problem turns into a struggle for control, family, and responsibility.
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The Only One Here
- Genre
- Psychological Chamber Drama
- Runtime
- 15–20 min
- Status
- In Development
- Year
- 2026–2027
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Story
TK 02 · Story
Mother. Father. Child.
Under pressure, three people choose positions inside the crisis: one takes control, one tries to restore order, and one absorbs the consequences. They do not play a family. They become one.
TK 03 · Story
The family just died.
The musician is more than a person in the room — they are what held everyone together. Their death forces each character to confront what remains when that centre disappears.
Music
TK 04 · Music
A fictional artist. A real release.
A real musician plays a fictional version of themselves and creates a real album alongside the film. The story stands on its own while also becoming a platform for the artist and the release.
TK 05 · Music
The music lives on.
Even after the artist is gone, the music keeps them present. It shapes the rhythm and emotional temperature of the film instead of simply sitting underneath it.
TK 06 · Music
One process. Two forms.
The film and album are developed together. Music can change a scene; the story can change a track. The artist is not hired to score the film — they help shape it.
Form / Experience
TK 07 · Form
When the world was still physical.
Early 2000s. MiniDV, tapes, records, cables, physical media. The period is not nostalgia — it gives the film a world where everything leaves a visible trace.
TK 08 · Form
A Dogme of our own.
One location. Handheld only. No static shots. MiniDV. 4:3. These rules strip away production excess and force the film to depend on what matters most: actors, rhythm, and story.
TK 09 · Experience
The film is performed live.
Selected festival screenings become live cinema events, with the artist performing the music in real time. After the festival circuit, the same format continues as a touring audiovisual show.
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The Artist
- Type
- Musician / Performer / Co-creator
- Role
- The Artist / The Body
- Screen age
- 28–45 / Flexible
- Status
- Offline
Visual profile
We are looking for a real musician with a distinctive physical and visual presence. Not necessarily conventionally attractive, polished, or celebrity-like. What matters is individuality — a face, silhouette, style, and energy that remain interesting even in complete stillness.
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Lada
- Type
- Actor
- Role
- Lead
- Screen age
- 42–55
- Status
- Offline
Visual profile
We are looking for a Black woman with a mature, distinctive presence. Not polished or conventionally glamorous — someone whose face can carry authority, exhaustion, intelligence, and vulnerability at the same time.
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Fedo
- Type
- Actor
- Role
- Lead
- Screen age
- 40–55
- Status
- Offline
Visual profile
We are looking for a man with a distinctly ordinary, office-class presence — more middle management than authority figure. Slightly nerdy, practical, neat, perhaps a little physically awkward. Someone who looks more comfortable behind a desk, following procedures, or explaining how something should be done than taking control of a real crisis.
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Production pipeline
Where the project stands
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CompleteConcept
The central idea, characters, structure, and creative direction of the film have been established.
02
CompleteFirst Draft
The first version of the screenplay and the initial presentation of the project are complete.
03
ActiveDevelopment
The screenplay is being refined while we search for the two lead actors and the artist who will become the film's musical co-creator.
→ This is the current point of the project.
04
PendingPre-production
Final casting, rehearsals, location preparation, visual tests, scheduling, and production planning.
05
PendingProduction
The film is shot in one apartment with a small crew, a handheld MiniDV camera, and a performance-focused process.
06
PendingPost-production
Editing, sound design, colour work, and the final development of the relationship between the film and the album.
07
PendingFestival Circuit
The film begins its festival life through traditional screenings and selected live cinema presentations with the artist.
08
PendingLive Cinema Tour
The film continues as a touring audiovisual performance across clubs, galleries, concert venues, and music festivals.
Director's Statement
This project is important to me because it explores how family problems often fall on the child. It is the child who remains with the consequences when everything else is over. Through this story, I want to show a person shaped not by their own choices, but by the environment they exist in. The "child" here is not about age, but about a position — the one who stays.
It is important for me to approach this film as a collaboration, especially with the musician, who becomes part of the film and a co-author of it. Music and film are created together and influence each other — they are part of the same process, not separate elements. In this sense, the film also works as a form of promotion for the musician and their music. The music does not exist outside the film — it remains within it as an integral part.
— Volodymyr Busol, Writer / Director
Seg. 06 — Contact
Get In Touch
Cast, crew, musicians, producers, press — tell us who you are and how you'd like to be involved. You can also email busol.film@gmail.com directly.