Russian citizen and Soviet-born Ukrainian native Vitaly Mansky crisscrosses Ukraine to explore Ukrainian society after the Maidan revolution as mirrored within his own large Ukrainian family. They live scattered all across the country: in Lviv, Odessa, the separatist area in Donbass, and Sevastopol on Crimea. The film is looking for reasons of the conflict after which citizens of a single country found themselves on a different sides of barricades including director’s own family. The main narrative takes place in the here and now, starting with the turning point of ex-president Victor Yanukovych’s flight to Russia. But below the main narrative ...
Director: Vitali Manski
Main Data
View all| Production Firm(s) | Baltic Film Production, Saxonia Entertainment (Germany), Vertov (Latvia), Ego Media (Latvia) |
| Film Category | Documentary |
| Duration | 112:00 |
Crew
View all| Producer | Guntis Trekteris | Natalia Manskaja | Simone Baumann | Marianna Kaat |
| Co-producer | Julia Sinkevitš | Anna Palentšuk | Ksenia Kulešova |
| Director | Vitali Manski |
| Screenwriter | Vitali Manski |
| Cinematographer | Aleksandra Ivanova |
| Composer | Mikael Tariverdiev |
| Sound Designer | Harmo Kallaste |
| Editor | Pēteris Ķimelis | Gunta Ikere |
First releases
View all- Premiere: 05.07.2016, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
Festivals, awards, nominations
View all- Award, BIAFF - Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (Georgia), 2016, Documentary Films international competition - Special Mention
- Participation, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czechia), 2016, Section: Documentary Films - Competition
- Participation, Odesa International Film Festival (Ukraine), 2016, Section: Special Screenings
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