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Film - Focus on Ukraine

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Directed by Olena Podolianko, Novruz Hikmet

Info

Director: Olena Podolianko, Novruz Hikmet
Section: Focus on Ukraine
Country: Germany, Ukraine
Year: 2022
OT: POKY TUT TYKHO.
BT: FOCUS ON UKRAINE - SHORTS
Language: Ukrainian
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Lyudmyla Chyrkova, Maksym Shlenchak
18+ (no age rating)

Also in this program

Logline

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Shortly after the start of the war, a young couple spend the night together in a hotel room. They’ve agreed not to talk about the war on this night. When morning arrives, grim reality comes crashing back in.

The special program was made possible through the support of the European Union, the International Renaissance Foundation in the context of the “European Renaissance of Ukraine” and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom / Thomas Dehler Foundation.

Show calendar

Calendar

  • HFF Kino 1

Meet the director

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Olena Podolianko, Novruz Hikmet

Olena Podolianko and Novruz Hikmet are directors and members of Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema. Both studied directing. They first met on the set of LA PALISIADA (2020) and have since collaborated on several projects.

Credits

Screenplay: Olena Podolianko, Novruz Hikmet
Original Material: Julian Gerchow
Director of Photography: Yarema Malashchuk
Film Editor: Novruz Hikmet, Olena Podolianko
Sound: Oleh Holoveshkin
Producer: Viktor Shevchenko, Novruz Hikmet
Production Company: Packgauz
Co-Producer: Tom Schreiber
Co-Production Company: Plotlessfilm