Suddenly thrown into a brutal war, a group of Ukrainian artists must face a once unimaginable question: What can artists do when the world is burning?
The camera observes them dealing with their own transformation and the changed sensibilities of people around them.
News media fail to portray all the shades of wartime experience and all the mutations humans undergo, so it is up to them, the artists, to create a nuanced picture of this catastrophe for the benefit of current and future generations.
Director and DOP Andrii Lysetskyi belongs to a famous Ukrainian cinematographic dynasty and is known and loved for his unique cinematographic handwriting and intimate camerawork. Andrii recently completed his directorial debut, a feature-length documentary film Ivan's Land (2020). The international premiere of the film took place at the prestigious Hot Docs documentary film festival in Toronto and has already won several awards. With this directorial debut Andrii has confidently asserted himself as an original author with a distinctive cinematographic vision.
