Original title: Пісні землі, що повільно горить / Pisni zemli, shcho povilno horyt’
International title: Songs of Slow Burning Earth
Country of Production: Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France
Release: Venice Int. Film Festival 2024
Running time: 95 min
Format: DCP
Language: Ukrainian, Russian
Subtitles: English, Italian
Production Companies: Moon Man in co-production with Final Cut for Real, We Have a Plan with Arte France and Film i Skåne

Director and writer: Olha Zhurba
Cinematographers: Volodymyr Usyk, Viacheslav Tsvetkov, Misha Lubarsky
Editor: Michael Aaglund
Music: Yaroslav Tatarchenko (buhnt)
Sound: Pavlo Melnyk
Producer: Darya Bassel (Moon Man / Ukraine)
Co-producers: Anne Köhncke (Final Cut for Real / Denmark), Kerstin Übelacker (We Have a Plan / Sweden)

Supported by

Danish Film Institute, IDFA Bertha Fund Classic and IDFA Bertha Fund Europe, Swedish Film Institute, Chicken & Egg Pictures, InMaat, the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films, the Prague Civil Society Center, SVT, International Media Support, DR, the Documenting Ukraine grant programme by IWM, and the Republic of Austria’s Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport.
With the support of the French Ministry for Europe & Foreign Affairs and the Goethe Institut.
With the support of Women Make Movies.
This film was a recipient of the Ukrainian Film Academy’s Post-Production Grant Programme in partnership with Netflix.
This documentary has been realised with the support of the IDFA Bertha Fund supported by Creative Europe MEDIA program.

This film is part of the Generation Ukraine collection, developed and supported by ARTE.
International promotional campaign support by the Ukrainian Institute and Eurimages.

Publicist (international press)
NOISE Film & TV
Mirjam Wiekenkamp
mirjam@noisefilmpr.com
+31 6 28652249

Production Company (Ukraine)
Moon Man
Darya Bassel
d.bassel@moonman.com.ua

World Sales & International Festivals
Filmotor
Michaela Čajkova
michaela@filmotor.com
+420 721 006 421

AWARDS

Best Film – Riga International Film Festival, Latvia 2024
Special Jury Award – Rome International Documentary Film Festival, Italy 2024
Doc Future Award – Verzió Int. Human Rights Doc Film Festival, Hungary 2024
Best Film – Tertio Millennio Film Festival, Italy 2024
First Appearance Award – Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland 2025
Amnesty International Award – Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland 2025
Special Mention: Best Cinematography – Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland 2025
Best Feature Film – Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, USA 2025
Best International Feature – Filmfest Bremen, Germany 2025
International Competition Jury Award – One World int. Human Rights Film Festival, Czech Republic 2025
Best International Feature – Docville Int. Doc Film Festival, Belgium 2025

Festivals

2024
Venice International Film Festival - World Premiere, Out of Competition
IDFA: International Film Festival Amsterdam - Official Selection
Astra Film Festival, Romania
Tertio Mellenio Film Festival, Italy
RIDF : Rome Int. Doc Film Festival, Italy
Verzio Film Festival, Hungary
2025
Against Gravity, Poland
Riga International Film Festival, Latvia
CPH:DOX, Denmark
CinEast Film Festival, Luxenbourg
Filmfest Bremen, Germany
Docville Int. Doc Film Festival, Leuven, Belgium
Big Sky Doc Film Festival
ZagrebDocs
Documentarist
DokMunich
FipaDoc
FullFrame Film Festival
Hong Kong Film Festival
Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Sweden
Kosmorama Film Festival, Norway
Krakow Film Festival