Tatiana Sitnik
Tatiana Sitnik is a Los Angeles photographer and filmmaker whose work spans portraiture, fashion and cinema. Alongside narrative shorts such as Burn, her portfolio includes fashion films and music videos.
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Burn
A film by Tatiana Sitnik.
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01 / The story
About the film.
An encounter with a mysterious woman at an art gallery pulls Grace into an affair that is both exhilarating and frightening, forcing her to confront conflicts she cannot escape.
- Format
- Short film
- Running time
- 10:59
- Filmmaker
- Tatiana Sitnik
- Channel release
- 24 April 2020
- YouTube views · as of October 21, 2026
- 154,972
02 / Behind the camera
Meet the filmmaker.
03 / More from the film
Around the work.
Screenplays, production photographs, cast and making-of notes are added as they are verified. Here is what this page holds today.
- Screenplay
Before the frame.
A screenplay is not currently available for this film.
Not on this page yet - Behind the scenes
Between takes.
Behind-the-scenes photographs have not been added to this page.
Not on this page yet - Cast
On screen.
2 people credited on screen, with biographies.
Meet the cast - Making of
Behind the story.
2 notes on how the film was made.
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04 / On screen
The cast.
Grace
Yasmine Vega
Yasmine Vega plays Grace, whose encounter with Alexandria begins the film’s unsettling relationship.
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Alexandria
Ally Dixon
Ally Dixon is an actor and singer whose screen and voice work includes Thelma the Unicorn, The Croods: Family Tree and Them. She earned a BFA in Musical Theatre from Missouri State University. In Burn she plays Alexandria.
Explore their work05 / Making the film
Behind the story.
Fear from within
In her director’s statement, Sitnik describes a surreal love affair that becomes a self-destructive journey. The film’s tension grows out of Grace’s internal fears as much as the danger of the relationship.
Read the sourceThe production
Filmhub credits Anna Kriegel as writer and Magnolia Lopez and Tatiana Sitnik as producers. Cinematographer Justin Knodel lists Burn among his RED-camera projects, photographed with Rokinon prime lenses.
Read the sourceMade together.
- Directed by
- Tatiana Sitnik
Sources & further reading 8 references
Release and profile information is drawn from the sources below. Photo sources are credited alongside the images.
- Tatiana Sitnik — official portfolio — checked
- Tatiana Sitnik — Films — checked
- Filmhub — Burn — checked
- Film Shortage — Burn director statement — checked
- Ally Dixon — official résumé — checked
- Netflix Tudum — Thelma the Unicorn cast — checked
- Justin Knodel — cinematography résumé — checked
- Burn — IMDb full cast and crew (director credited as Tatiana Sitnikova) — checked
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