PRODUCTION FACTS

Duration: 87 min, 54 min
Language: Ukrainian, Russian
Release: 2022

Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont
Producer: Monica Hellström, Final Cut for Real

Line Producer & Assistant Director: Azad Safarov
Executive Producer: Philippa Kowarsky
Co-producers:
Tobias Janson, STORY, Sweden
Sami Jahnukainen, Donkey Hotel, Finland
Darya Bassel, Viktoriia Khomenko, Moon Man, Ukraine
Associate Producers: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Anne Köhncke, Heidi Elise Christensen, Maria Kristensen
Editor: Michael Aaglund
Sound Designers: Heikki Kossi, Pietu Korhorhonen, Peter Albrectsen, Sune Kaarsberg
Composer: Uno Helmersson
Grade: Anders V. Christensen
Post Producer: Francesc Sitges-Sardá
Graphic Design: Martin Hultman

WITH SUPPORT FROM
The Danish Film Institute, Danish Film Directors, The Swedish Film Institute, The Finnish Film Institute, AVEK, Nordic Film & Tv Fond. Creative Europe: TV Programming, ARTE MDR, DR, SVT, Yle, Vpro, RUV, RTV Slovenia, VRT, RTS, VGTV, IMS (International Media Support), Ukrainian State Film Agency and Ministry of culture and information policy of Ukraine.

CONTACT

International Sales:
Cinephil
info@cinephil.com
www.cinephil.com

Production contact:
Producer: Monica Hellström
monica@final-cut.dk

AWARDS

Nominated for Academy Award® 2023 - Best Documentary Feature

Sundance Film Festival 2022 -World Cinema Documentary: Best Directing
Gothenburg Film Festival 2022 - Best Nordic Documentary
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2022 - The Golden Alexander + The FIPRESCI Award
CPH:DOX 2022 - Politiken:DOX Award
Zagreb Dox 2022 - Movies that Matter Award
Lunenburg Doc Fest 2022 - Best International Feature Documentary Award
One World 2022 - Best International Doc Award
IceDocs - Iceland Documentary Film Festival 2022 - Special Mention
Makedox 2022 - Moral Approach Award
Millenium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2022 - Honorable Distinction
Porto/Post/Doc 2022 - Teenage Award
Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2022 - Audience Award
Washington West Film Festival 2022 - Best Feature Documentary Award
Tournai Ramdam Festival 2023 - Prix de la Press / Press Jury Award

Festivals

Sundance Film Festival 2022
Göteborg Film Festival 2022
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2022
DocuDays UA 2022
CPH:DOX 2022 Visions du Réel 2022 One World 2022 ZagrebDox 2022 Hotdocs Festival 2022 DOK.fest München 2022 Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2022 Doc10 Film Festival 2022 Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival 2022 Sydney Film Festival 2022 Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 2022 IceDocs – Iceland Documentary Film Festival 2022 Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival 2022
Filmfestival Freistadt 2022
Northern Lights Film Festival 2022
Festival Imagésanté 2022
Al Jazeera Balkans (AJB DOC) Film Festival 2022
Lunenburg Doc Fest 2022
Windsor International Film Festival 2022
RIDM - Montreal International Documentary Festival 2022
Lemesos International Documentary Festival 2022
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022
Love & Anarchy film Festival 2022
FilmFest Osnabrück 2022
Human Rights FF Berlin 2022
Nordische Filmtage 2022
AegeanDocs 2022
Chania Film Festival 2022
Budapest IDF 2022
DocEdge 2022
Irish Film Institute Documentary Festival 2022
Alice nella città - Rome Film Fest 2022
Dokufest 2022
ArtDocFest 2022
Inconvenient Films Human Rights Film Festival 2022
Makedox 2022
Ambulante Documentary Film Festival 2022
Moldox 2022
IDFA 2022
North Cape Film Festival 2022
MIRAGE - Art of the Real Festival 2022
Bergen International Film Festival 2022
Palestine Cinema Days 2022
Porto/Post/Doc 2022
One World Romania 2022
Singapore Film Festival 2022
Ljubljana Doc Film Festival 2022
Jeonju International Film Festival 2022
Diaspora Film Festival 2022
Valladolid International Film Festival 2022
OLOT.DOC 2022
MiradasDoc 2022
Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2022
Kharkiv MeetDocs Eastern Ukrainian Film Festival 2022
Heartland International Film Festival 2022
Washington West Film Festival 2022
Doc NYC 2022
NewPort Film 2022
Sedona International Film Festival 2022
San Francisco Jewish FF WinterFest 2022
Port Jefferson Documentary Series 2022
Camden Micro Fest 2022
Tournai Ramdam Festival 2023