The DOCU/UKRAINE National Competition includes five films which look for answers to eternal questions through the lens of their protagonists’ personal search.
The best films in the DOCU/UKRAINE national competition have been chosen by the writer and critic Michael Sicinski, the programmer Myrocia Watamaniuk, and Olha Birzul, a culture manager and film programmer.
MAIN PRIZE
Ivan's Land / Andrii Lysetskyi / Ukraine / 2020 / 85’
Ivan’s Land directed by Andrii Lysetskyi is an acute portrait of the painter Ivan Prykhodko. The film affectionately showcases his personal, almost shamanic creative method and exposes to a broad viewership the inner world of the artist abound in the imagery of Ukrainian folk culture.
SPECIAL MENTION
Salt from Bonneville / Simon Mozgovy / Ukraine, Poland, Georgia / 2020 / 74’
A study of tenacious motorcycle racers traveling from Kyiv to Utah to put their hand-tooled bike to the test, Salt from Bonneville represents an exceptional achievement in cinematography.
The participants of DOCU/UKRAINE were:
