Traces
Traces shines a light on Ukrainian women who, after surviving conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and torture during Russia’s war, refuse to remain silent.
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Simple Structures: Films of Docudays UA-2026
The Blessed Ones
Authors: Andrii Lysetskiy
Latvia, Germany, Ukraine202695’
In original language, available with English subtitles and with audio description (settings in the lower right corner of the video player). Content warning: depiction of war.
In original language, available with English subtitles and with audio description (settings in the lower right corner of the video player). Content warning: depiction of war.
Suddenly thrown into a brutal war, a group of Ukrainian artists must face a once unimaginable question: What can artists do when the world is burning?
The camera observes them dealing with their own transformation and the changed sensibilities of people around them.
News media fail to portray all the shades of wartime experience and all the mutations humans undergo, so it is up to them, the artists, to create a nuanced picture of this catastrophe for the benefit of current and future generations.
Producer:
Gennady Kofman, Olga Bregman, Uldis Cekulis, Eric Winker, Martin Roelly, Ümit Uludag
Camera:
Andrii Lysetskiy
Sound:
Pēteris Pāss, Oleh Holovoshkin
Editing:
Barbara Toennieshen, BFS Franziska Wenzel
Production:
MaGiKa Film co-production Vfs Films, Corso Film, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk In cooperation with ARTE
Distribution:
www.magikafilm.com.ua, [email protected]
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