Beneath The Surface With Skin Diver Creator Katya Abedian | Part Two

This episode of Orms Air, the Orms Podcast is split into
two parts, this is part two.


Join us as we dive beneath the skin of Katya Abedian;
writer, producer and director of breath-taking short film Skin
Diver. 


Referred to as an ode to the tender hearted, this coming-of-age
short short sheds much needed light on the power hidden beneath
the surface of the empathic at heart who are unapologetically
themselves. 


In this episode of Orms Air, host Rachel Reeves and
producer Jess Semple continue the conversation with Katya
as she shares her creative beginnings, the female-centric future
of the film industry and takes us on a journey to the well from
which she draws creative enrichment.  


Haven’t watched Skin Diver? We would highly recommend that
you do. Preferably on a screen bigger than your smartphone! It
can be found on Vimeo with a simple title search or by following
this link. 


In this episode Katya references the following books, films and
creatives who enriched her childhood and her current creative
journey:



A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini


Atonement by Ian McEwan, and film by Joe
Wright

Both 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange
and Barry Lyndon by director Stanley Kubrick 

Composer Max Richter’s music



The 2014 UNESCO study that Rachel references when the
discussion turns to the representation of female creatives within
the film industry can be found in this document by the
National Film and Video Foundation here.

Katya shares with us a saying from her Baha'i upbringing
relating to the power of equality, which can be found here.

Katya references the following creatives as being a part of her
well of creative enrichment:


South African photographer and filmmaker Kristin Lee
Moolman

South African photographer and creative Tony Gum

South African photographer Adriaan Louw

Singer Yoza Mnyanda of Darkie Fiction, you can
find their music via their SoundCloud here


Allison Swank of The Swank Group

Writer, director and producer Jenna Cato Bass


Xavier Dolan as a constant inspiration in her work whose
latest release Mommy Katya encourages everyone to watch
immediately! Find out more about Xavier Dolan here.

Filmmaker Andrea Arnold and specifically her film
American Honey

American filmmaker Ava DuVernay 


Terrance Malick and specifically his film The Tree of
Life


Twelve Years a Slave by filmmaker Steve McQueen

Actress, director and writer