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Missing in Action (Особа, зникла безвісти)

Production Status
Work in Progress
Release Date
2027
Country(ies) of (co)production
Ukraine
Languages
Russian, Ukrainian
Duration
75’

Natalia starts her life over, even though she confronts the uncertainty around the fate of her missing brother.

In the Ukrainian city of Horodnya, near the Russian and Belarus borders, residents are still recovering from the occupation at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Many people joined the army, including Natalia’s brother. Vitaliy, a combat medic, went missing in the Donetsk region in March 2023. Devastated but determined, Natalia has been leading a search effort since then—but she has made no progress.

Reflecting on her current life, Natalia decides to fulfil her dream of going to university to get a masterʼs degree in psychology. Will Natalia find peace by helping others and overcome her own crisis?

CREW:
DOP: Marharyta Melnychuk, Denys Melnyk
Production:
Funding:
Total budget: €284,053
Confirmed Financing: €16,038
Already engaged financial partners and funds: CFI Media (French Fund) & Ukrainian Broadcaster Suspilne, The Documenting Ukraine program from the Institute of Human Science (IWM, Austria)
Point of contact:
Festivals
CEDOC Market at Krakow film festival (2024), part of one-week edition of EURODOC 2024, CHANGE program by EAVE, IMS, and CPH:DOX (2024), Pitching at CPH:DOX (2025), Pitching and at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (2025)

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