Florian's Witnesses (Свідки Флоріана)

Production Status
Work in Progress
Release Date
2020
Country(ies) of (co)production
Ukraine
Duration
70’

The story of an artist who never gives up—either in his difficult young years or at the age of 90.

At the age of 90, the architect Florian Yuriev looks back at his life: his childhood spent in a Siberian labor camp, his move to Ukraine, where he became one of the key figures of the artistic avant-garde in the 1960s. Yuriev has always defied the Communist state authorities, but will he be able to defy the corrupt forces of the free market which are now threatening his architectural legacy with destruction? The architect is trying to revitalise his UFO building in Kyiv. This is the feature-length version of the award-winning short documentary Facade Colour: Blue (2019).

CREW:
Directing: Oleksiy Radynski
Production: Lyuba Knorozok
Сo-production: Oleksiy Radynski
Production:
Funding:
Total budget: €70,000
Confirmed Financing: €38,000
Already engaged financial partners and funds: Ukrainian Cultural Foundation
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