"Only Love" has just premiered at Woodstock Film Festival. In a review at indieWIRE Eric Kohn wrote:
"... the marvelous animated short ... "Only Love", directed by School of Visual Arts student Lev Polyakov, uses a delightful 2-D visual approach to tell the darkly humorous, virtually wordless account of a dictator combating the ghosts of his past misdeeds. Wielding a style reminiscent of Bill Plympton -- but packed with far richer metaphor -- Polyakov proves the ongoing versatility of the 2-D format and announces his arrival as a fresh talent in the animation scene."

Thank you, Eric, I am very inspired by this review. I've always admired Bill Plympton's work, and the comparison is very flattering. Although, Bill is at the top of the mountain that I am just starting to climb.