Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

Ya Lyblyu Tebya

I Love you

Anna Nasadiuk
Ukraine, 2017, 11 Min

Declarations of love and a patriotic children's song provide the framework for this tactful documentary film on everyday life in Donetsk, a city that finds itself in the middle of a war zone in eastern Ukraine, featuring scenes as diverse as a sun-soaked street festival and a menacing squadron of fighter planes up above.

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On the tram and in underpasses a young woman recites Vladimir Orlov's Children's poem "Ya uznal, schto u menya..." ("I found out that I have...") and receives some small change in return. The patriotic verses are a declaration of love to a shared homeland, in this case the city of Donetsk. The once flourishing industrial city is now a disputed territory, as a result of which even the Donbass Arena, home to leading football club Shakhtar Donetsk, was forced to close. The football-shaped fountain in front of the stadium, bathed in sunshine, nevertheless arouses the curiosity of passers-by both young and old. Ultimately life has to go on. Suddenly however grey clouds gather overhead, soon followed by the thunder of fighter jets over the city, reminding us of the deep divisions that divide this city in the Donbass. KT

Filmformat
Mp4 | Doc. | Farbe / colour
Kamera
Anna Nasadiuk, Timur Hairulin, Mariya Surjenko
Ton
Andriy Borisenko
Schnitt
Anna Nasadiuk, Petro Tsimbal
Produzent
Nadia Parfan
Produktion
86 Festival of Film and Urbanism
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Anna Nasadiuk

Anna Nasadiuk - born in Donetsk, Ukraine. She studied biology and worked in different fields as seller, director, actress, painter, philologist and more. She also wrote poetry and children’s tales.

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born in Donetsk, Ukraine. She studied biology and worked in different fields as seller, director, actress, painter, philologist and more. She also wrote poetry and children’s tales.