Morning Afternoon Night

7/28/2026

**Dasha Melnik: Small Person in a Big World - FilmInk (Damien Spiccia)**\ [**https://www.filmink.com.au/dasha-melnik-small-person-in-a-big-world/**](https://www.filmink.com.au/dasha-melnik-small-person-in-a-big-world/)\ \ **With her short film *Morning Afternoon Night*, Russian born, Perth based filmmaker Dasha Melnik has captured the emotional life of a new immigrant.**  **You studied as a cinematographer, and this is the first film that you’ve directed. How did it all come together?** “Around the time when I was graduating, my mum died, and it was a big loss and a big transformation moment for me as well. She died in Russia, and the only thing that I had left of her here \[in Australia\] was her messages on my phone. I listened to them again and again and again. And I thought, I