Recovery (Відбудова)

Production Status
In Development
Year of starting production
2025
Release Date
2027
Country(ies) of (co)production
French, Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian, Russian, English
Duration
90’

As shelling intensifies, Ukrainians actively rebuild their country, spanning efforts from grassroots volunteer initiatives to international policymaking. Revealing challenges and paradoxes of the reconstruction process in times of destruction.

Amid ongoing Russian attacks, Ukrainians are already rebuilding their country. International conferences discuss reconstruction plans, but most solutions are stalled, waiting for improved security. On the ground, life persists: students attend classes in bombed-out schools, surgeries continue in makeshift hospitals, volunteers repair shattered homes.The film follows diverse characters representing key forces in reconstruction. Essential community buildings—schools, hospitals, libraries—take center stage. The documentary tracks their transformation, from ruin to restoration.

CREW:
Production: Darya Bassel
Сo-production: Pauline Tran Van Lieu
Script: Roman Bondarchuk, Vadym Ilkov, Vyacheslav Tsvetkov, Khrystyna Lyzogub
DOP: Vadym Ilkov, Roman Bondarchuk
Production:
Co-production: Hutong Productions
Sales:
Point of contact:
Festivals
East Doc Platform (2025)

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