Set by a beautiful river canyon in Western Ukraine, a pacifist community with unique religious beliefs, sees their peaceful way of life gradually distressed by regular floods and eventually an unexpected war.
A closed religious community in Ukraine has chosen to live in a beautiful landscape, where the front lines of both World War I and World War II once passed. It’s a sunny village filled with the laughter of children from large families. Yet, the community’s peaceful life is frequently disrupted by floods and war — two points serving as moments of reckoning in their memory. The community comes together to overcome the aftermath of floods. The flood alters community life, just as the country is reshaped by war. Together with the community, we observe transformations, where the current war intertwines with the past ones, but the feeling of home can never be taken away from anyone.
CREW:
Script: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
DOP: Ivan Morarash, Oleksandr Korotun, Viacheslav Tsvietkov, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Sound: Serhii Avdieiev, Sebastian Schmidt
Editing: Mykola Bazarkin, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
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Already engaged financial partners and funds: MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, ARTE Generation Ukraine, International Media Support (IMS), Fritt Ord Foundation, Deutsche Filmakademie, Ukrainian Film Academy in cooperation with Netflix, European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films, Documenting Ukraine (Institute for Human Sciences, IWM Vienna), Docudays UA, Goethe-Institut, German Films, Ukrainian Institute, Eurimages
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Festivals
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – IDFA (IDFA Award for Best Cinematography, International Competition), CPH:DOX, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival (Competition Programme), Göteborg International Film Festival.
