Eugene Kotlyarenko

The Code

A sexless couple, paranoid about the status of their relationship, embraces surveillance, spying and performance as a means to fall in love again, in this absurd, high-concept comedy.

Wild Card

Two strangers are brought together by a video dating service.

Wobble Palace

A couple on the verge of a nervous break-up decide to split their home over the weekend and test the waters of independence.

A Wonderful Cloud

When Eugene’s ex-GF Katelyn lands in LA to disband their business, the two of them must negotiate between past tensions and future possibilities, in this raw bittersweet rom-com that walks the line between fiction and reality.

Lowlands

A collection of disjointed vignettes follows a self-important writer on a hike, a lost driver re-routed away from the hospital, a philosopher in search of the best Chinese food, a couch-surfer on a midnight joyride, a spirited conspiracy theorist, and other young urban wanderers in the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles.

Feast of Burden

A group of old friends gather for a dinner party full of dark secrets, mysterious forces and deadly consequences.

No Word for "Grandparents" in Russian

"A short lil' documentary I made about my family in late 2006, when I was ~20yo" - Eugene Kotlyarenko

SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)

A young man, reeling from a long-distance romance gone awry, spirals increasingly deeper into depression and desperation as he video chats with his close friends and gets involved with a New Age, Right-wing, domestic terrorist cell.

The Beaches of Agnès

Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.

The Hedonist

After a nervous breakdown, a young office assistant flees to his parents' house in Arizona and hires an escort to take care of him.