HSE x ITS: Art of Reframe. The Alternative Cinema Poster Competition
Fall (2022, Vadim Kostrov)
«Fall» is a film by Vadim Kostrov released in 2022. It is the second part of Kostrov’s documentary of seasons. Set in the Ural city of Nizhny Tagil, the film depicts the end of summer when Vadim, a ten-year-old boy, moves to a new district and starts a new school. During the last warm days, Vadim walking through the fading autumn sunlight.
A poetic portrait of childhood nostalgia in the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil. The film captures simple yet meaningful moments as a ten-year-old explores his new surroundings in the late summer. Through warm urban landscapes and soft natural lighting, Kostrov builds a melancholic atmosphere that conveys the feeling of transition between childhood and adulthood. With an intimate documentary style, Fall is not only a personal record, but also a universal reflection on the memories, times, and places that shape who we become as adults.
[1] First Alternative Poster
This movie poster depicts the essence of nostalgia and childhood memories. The illustration of Kostrov with a yellow hat and a thick jacket symbolizes him as the main character exploring his childhood in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. The open eyes like a torn paper of a child’s drawing show a cityscape—with factories, trams, bright sun, trees, and a tank monument—as if reflecting the world he sees and the memories that have been embedded in him. The soft watercolor art style combines with surreal elements, emphasizing the film’s theme of reflection, memory, and the warmth of the past amidst the changing times.
[2] Second Alternative Poster
The second movie poster features a colorful geometric elements, reflecting the themes of childhood and memory in Vadim Kostrov’s «Fall». Geometric visual elements such as factories with rainbow-spewing chimneys, pine trees, and tank monuments form the cityscape of Nizhny Tagil that serves as a memory space for young Kostrov, whose yellow-caped figure is simply tucked into the poster, as he roams and plays around the city. The use of abstract geometric shapes and a warm color palette gives the impression of memories arranged like childhood toy blocks, further emphasizing the reflective tone of time, change, and a ten-year-old’s journey through his childhood in Russia.
[3] Third Alternative Poster
The movie poster depicts the overall meaning of Vadim Kostrov’s «Fall"—childhood nostalgia and memories of the city of Nizhny Tagil. The silhouette of a child walking against the backdrop of the cityscape, factories, trees, trams and tank monuments is depicted on the surface of his iconic yellow cap, as if visualizing the world in his head and the memories stored within. The soft reddish colors like the night atmosphere in the city in the film with the background of light beams that resemble sunlight and cloud fog support the theme of reflection and the journey of time towards adulthood.
[4] Fourth Alternative Poster
The movie poster features the typography of the movie title «Fall,» which captures the nostalgia and childhood memories of Vadim Kostrov’s. In a paper collage style that resembles a child’s playful artwork, elements of the city of Nizhny Tagil—such as a factory with a chimney, a traffic light, pine trees, and a winding road—are created from paper cutouts and crayon textures. The simple shapes and bright colors reflect how childhood memories can often feel fragmentary yet full of emotion. The poster invites viewers to look back at the world through the eyes of a child, where the industrial city and nature come together in a warm and melancholic memory that reflects the process of growing up.
[5] Fifth Alternative Poster
The film poster depicts Nizhny Tagil in a child’s doodle style with bright colors, yet conveys the contrast between innocence and the grimmer realities of adulthood. Elements such as factories, traffic lights, houses, and trees represent everyday life in the city of Nizhny Tagil, while tanks and chimneys reflect the tensions and social changes during a time of transition. In Vadim Kostrov’s Fall (Осень), this poster captures the melancholy, transitions, and tensions between childhood and adulthood in a child’s drawing.
[6] Sixth Alternative Poster
The movie poster features a collage of elements from the film as a representation of memory fragments in the city of Nizhny Tagil. The figure of little Kostrov stepping on a pedestrian sign symbolizes the journey of a ten-year-old child seeking direction amidst the changing times. Fragments of oil-painted illustrations such as traffic signs, industrial chimneys, tank monument, sunflowers, rocks, brick walls and sunset landscapes, force the audience to enjoy the scope, atmosphere and memory fragments in the film rather than watching the film’s plot clearly with some dialogue. This poster captures the feeling of each passing memory fragment, the inevitable changes, and the search for meaning in childhood that should have lasted.
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