06/05/2026
For Belarusian-born cinematographer Nadzeya Mikhalchenkava, visual storytelling is inseparable from rhythm, movement, and emotion.
Based in Toronto, her path has taken her across France, Australia, China, Cambodia, the UK, and Canada, and her background as a musician and dancer shapes everything about the way she sees through a lens.
Her latest project, the music clip “A Cure For Loneliness” by CIGAR CLUB, gave her the rare opportunity to wear every creative hat at once: writing, directing, and shooting a world she describes as psychological, fragmented, and slightly surreal.
To navigate between sweeping exterior landscapes and intimate, stylised night scenes, Nadzeya chose the RED Komodo-X with the Angénieux EZ-1 and EZ-2 zooms, a pairing that kept the image polished and fluid across the video’s shifting visual worlds.
More than a technical challenge, this was a deeply personal project: “It was honestly a dream project for me, because I love magical realism and creating worlds that feel slightly dreamy or heightened, while still staying connected to real emotions.”
👉 Read our full interview with Nadzeya via the link in bio!
CIGAR CLUB .club //A CURE FOR LONELINESS
Production company: DARK EMU PRODUCTIONS
Written & Directed: Nadzeya Mikhalchenkava
Song Credits:
Written by: Cigar Club .club
Produced by: Graham Shaw and Cigar Club
Mixed by: Graham Shaw
Mastered by: Noah Mintz
Equipment:
Shot on RED KOMODO X
Production Manager: Isalyne Hebert
Production Coordinator: Felipe da Costa .zip
1AD: Min
Director of Photography: Nadzeya Mikhalchenkava
1AC: Leonor Silvério Marques
2AC: Han Liu Art
Gaffer: Bobby
Set Dresser / Art: Huiru Shi
Props: Karianne Taklo , Huiru Shi
HMU: Mariia Nazarenko .mua, Ava - Marie Andrushko
Key Grip / BTS photographer: Jeremy Luo Guan Fa Lorin .
Edit & Colour: Dark Emu Productions
