About

Mark Kvitko is an undergraduate film student at New York University Tisch and a filmmaker. Mark directed several short films and besides that composes music for film.

Films

Director

Milk Grass, 2023

27 minutes

In the early 2030's, a Russian emigrant, who moved to Germany 10 years before, gets recurring dreams of his father. After he learns that it is possible to exit Russia despite the ongoing military mobilization, he decides to return. In Russia, he observes how things changed in the time of his absence and remembers the day of his mother’s death and the memory of “milk grass” is brought back from his subconscious mind.

Whiskey, 2021

11 minutes

A young man with a terminal illness diagnosis goes to a roof intending to commit suicide and survives a seizure there. Later on the same roof, he meets a woman at her breaking point. Their brief connection gives them a reprieve from suffering, and they spend the night together in the same apartment. The man then leaves in the morning, believing this will prevent him from hurting her further, but unknowingly leaves an object that could have changed his life inside.

Somnambulist, 2020

17 minutes

Marking the centenary of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the film follows a somnambulist woman and her involvement in the story of Max, 25, who, struggling with financial difficulties, meets his old friend who suggests him a way out. Expecting nothing sinister, Max finds himself in a situation that goes beyond his ordinary life.

Poison, 2020

Unfinished film

Young Russian policeman Max investigates a series of poisoning-related deaths. In the process, he discovers a dark-web platform growing in popularity, which gradually exposes the true depth of poverty and aggression in society.

The Dance Of A Voodoo, 2019

16 minutes

While Gregory's parents are on vacation, five teenagers take their car and set off on a trip to the countryside. In the forest, they encounter something that changes the course of the night towards a horrific outcome: one of them dies-by accident, or was it Gregory who caused it?

Assistant Director

Air, 2023

Trainee assistant director

Composer

Promises, 2026

Dear Declan, 2025

HistoryPhil Documentaries, 2025