Roman Peremyshlin (Aldaine) shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Good morning Roman , we’re so happy to have you here with us and we’d love to explore your story and how you think about life and legacy and so much more. So let’s start with a question we often ask: What battle are you avoiding?
First and foremost, especially the older I get, I try to avoid arguing with people on set. That does not mean I am giving up on getting my vision across to my crew, it simply means that every direction has to be mutually understood and planned for. Conflicts arise when lack of preparation gets in the way of creative process, and director of photography has to put on director’s hat because the director lacks communication skills to get across what the next shot is – you try to avoid that battle by planning as much as humanly possible.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Roman, in most credits I go by the name Roman Aldaine which I’ve adopted in fine arts college many years ago. I’m a director-writer and cinematographer, my personal brand is called ‘cinemaisours’ the name that simply means to unite filmmakers and audiences, because when you succeed in making a film and it goes out there it becomes a property of many people whom you’ve worked with along the way, so it’s no longer strictly yours or mine, once the idea travelled from page to final cut, and there’s that humbling beauty to that, and to film itself.
Okay, so here’s a deep one: What breaks the bonds between people—and what restores them?
Recent years have been turbulent to say the least, and have proven that varying beliefs can even break bonds between parents and their children, which is incredibly tragic, but I believe that humility and compassion are valuable virtues that sadly not all people possess – filmmakers and artists have upper stance in that they can see the world through various lenses. Restorative process can happen through co-creation. If a father invites a son to work on a vehicle together, or a mother invites her daughter to work on the garden, and they all trust each other in the process, and let each other make mistakes, it truly is a beautiful thing!
What fear has held you back the most in your life?
Fear of not being good enough, and fear of geographically coming from a place where success (in traditional terms) is less likely to happen because you’ve been removed from the industry for most of your life. Now that fear is gone, partly because I understood the value of travelling my own journey at my own pace – ‘don’t stop believing’ has become my go-to Journey song!
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What are the biggest lies your industry tells itself?
That success is always hard work and not much else, that privilege by proximity to the industry equals to talent, and that somehow success is all about selling to as many different platforms as possible, Many people are losing hope post-covid, and I don’t blame them, because we all want to get hack to the time where another ‘Chinatown’ comes out and becomes huge or ‘Lord of The Rings’ trilogy becomes massive and the box office is cracking at the seams with masterpieces, but for that to happen up and coming filmmakers need bonfires of up and coming cinema to be excited about. I’ve heard a highly respected director recently say in a podcast that we’re in a low tide of cinema, and that similar thing that happened in America’s 70s should happen again, so we should keep carrying that torch!
Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: Are you doing what you were born to do—or what you were told to do?
Neither, because none of my parents are in the media industry, and I have been advised to follow a more traditional career path by my father but I didn’t because it just wasn’t me – I think it caused a big blow for him and I felt guilty for a time, but we both moved on and kind of accepted it.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.cinemaisours.com
- Instagram: @kinoromantic
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kinoromantic
Image Credits
Krishna Krishna
George McHugh
