| Director: | Olha Zhurba |
|---|---|
| Production: | Moon Man (Darya Bassel), Final Cut for Real (Anne Köhncke), We Have a Plan (Kerstin Übelacker) |
| Running Time: | 95’ |
| Language: | Ukrainian, Russian |
| Country: | Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France |
| Screenplay: | Olha Zhurba |
| Cinematographer: | Volodymyr Usyk, Viacheslav Tsvietkov, Misha Lubarsky |
| Editor: | Michael Aaglund |
| Music: | Yaroslav Tatarchenko (bunht) |
| Sound: | Pavlo Melnyk |
Cinema
Pisni zemli, shcho povilno horyt’ (Songs of slow burning earth)
Out of Competition
Synopsis
Landscapes, occasional conversations and encounters, and sounds that weave in and out of the frame compose Pisni Zemli, Shcho Povilno Horyt’. Captured in varying proximities to the frontline over two years, the audiovisual diary of Ukraine’s immersion into the abyss of total war traces the subtle changes in Ukrainian society. The ragged chords of panic and horror of the first weeks of the Russian invasion slowly morph into the numb stillness of the acceptance of death and destruction, which eventually becomes the tragic normality for the local population, but just an afterthought for the rest of the world. Against the backdrop of the (meta)physical landscape of collective disaster, a new generation of Ukrainians aspires to imagine the future.
Director’s statement
“When they ask me what war is, I’ll answer without hesitation: it’s names.”
A thread of sky from the book Poems from the Loophole by Maksym “Dali” Kryvtsov, a Ukrainian poet and soldier, who was killed on a battlefield on 7 January 2024. He was 33 years old.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION 1: Moon Man – Darya Bassel
Liskivska 8/24 St.
02097, Kyiv, Ukraine
Tel. +380 93 9061342
info@moonman.com.ua
https://www.facebook.com/moonmanproduction
https://www.instagram.com/moonman_production/
PRODUCTION 2: Final Cut for Real - Anne Köhncke
Forbindelsesvej 7
DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel.+ 45 3543 6043
info@final-cut.dk
https://www.instagram.com/finalcutforreal/
https://www.facebook.com/FinalCutForReal
PRODUCTION 3: We Have a Plan - Kerstin Übelacker
Norregatan 1
211 27, Malmö, Sweden
Tel. +46707760258
Kerstin@wehaveaplan.se
https://www.instagram.com/we_have_a_plan/
WORLD SALES: Filmotor - Michaela Cajkova
+420 721006 421
michaela@filmotor.com
PRESS OFFICE : Mirjam Wiekenkamp
NOISE Film TV
Rapenburgerstraat 109
1011 VL, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tel.+31 6 28652249
mirjam@noisefilmpr.com
