The Ferry Flows (Паром Пливе)

Production Status
Сompleted
Year of starting production
2026
Release Date
2026
Country(ies) of (co)production
Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian
Duration
18’
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A grey-haired music teacher from a small Ukrainian island turns into a military conductor at soldier funerals while trying to keep afloat his children ensemble.

A grey-haired music teacher from a small, yet picturesque Ukrainian town prepares his tinybrass ensemble for a spring concert with a song called «Draw me the night». Soldier funerals come to town, turning him into a military conductor. A ferry that carried city residents through the Dniester River is now drawing night afternight.

CREW:
Directing: Zhora Papoian
Script: Zhora Papoian
DOP: Yaroslav Pushkarchuk, Kostiantyn Demborynskii, Anna Yutchenko, Yarema Holota
Sound: Eduard Slobodianiuk
Funding:
Already engaged financial partners and funds: UkrFilmCatalyst (Great Britain)
Point of contact:
Festivals
Wiz-Art 2025 «Work-in-progress» Workshop

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