NewPerformance, moral fables & hybrid direction
Nikolay Shestak
Nickolay Shestak
A Riga-based actor and director whose The First Honest Day turns changing faces into a moral and dramatic premise.
- In the collection
- 1 film
- Years
- 2026
- Last active
- 8 Oct 2026
Films
Why follow this artist
The First Honest Day uses a visible transformation to put a newsreader under pressure. The interesting choice is to make the image-making capability carry the central question of the story: what happens when conduct becomes publicly legible on a person’s face?
Shestak identifies himself as an actor, film director and AI director based in Riga. His cross-linked YouTube channel describes projects made with professional actors and cinematographers alongside AI-assisted scripting. Those earlier production credits are not transferred to The First Honest Day.
The film won first place in Astana’s 2026 thematic competition. The festival spells his first name “Nickolay” in its winner announcement and “Nikolay” in its nominee profile; these identify the same creator linked as @shestak.mov. No verified X account was found in the checked original profiles, so none is guessed.