Completed - UKRANIAN, RUSSIAN - Drama - 105 minutes
In occupied Ukraine, 30-year-old teacher Nina witnesses student Andrii get arrested for hanging the Ukrainian flag, prompting her to free him. As they gravitate towards each other they try to remind people and themselves they deserve a future, too
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Daria ONYSCHENKO Writer(s) : Daria ONYSCHENKO, Claudia LEHMANN Cast : Maryna KOSHKINA, Daniil KAMENSKYI, Vasyl KUHARSKYI Producer(s) : Igor SAVYCHENKO (DIRECTORY FILMS LLC), Dmytro KOZHEMA (DIRECTORY FILMS LLC), Claudia LEHMANN (Lehmann Sisters)
Nina, 30, a Ukrainian language teacher who can’t leave the city of Luhansk, occupied by separatists in Eastern Ukraine, is forced to undergo retraining courses for teaching Russian. Andrii, 17, is a student who was orphaned in the aftermath of the war. They cross paths when Nina witnesses Andrii being arrested by the police after hanging the Ukrainian flag from the roof of his school. Nina knows that because they live in a world of injustice and lies Andrii can stay in jail for a long time, and she risks her life to free him. As they gravitate towards each other, they try to remind people in the occupied territories that they deserve a future, too.
Country(ies) : UKRAINE, SWITZERLAND
Warsaw FF 2019 Competition 1-2