Quotes from Timur Bekmambetov

The unique idea of [The Darkest Time] movie is because in usual if you are in darkness, you are scared. But this movie is the opposite. In darkness, you are okay.

Russian directors, we are shooting the same streets. The same things. Tom Jacobson has a fresh eye and found very interesting and very cool locations and angles and characters.

I think the most important technique is to ground everything, to make fantasy world grounded and relatable, just great characters.