Section: Close up UA

VIYNA KHYMER

THE WAR OF CHIMERAS

Anastasiia Starozhytska, Mariia Starozhytska
Ukraine, 2017, 94 Min

A documentary that is very close to the protagonists, who shot it themselves. The war in the Ukraine up close. A film that not only explicitly shows the outer wounds, but also dissects the inner ones. For those who did not die on the battlefield always carry the war with them.

Letter To Fest Distribution

 Valery Lavrenov goes to war voluntarily and has the camera of his girlfriend with him, the director Anastasiia Starozhytska. In the battles for Ilovaysk in the Donbass in August 2014, where the Ukrainian troops meet pro-Russian separatists, he loses his comrade, called Airplane. When Valery returns to his girlfriend, they try to continue living together and to cope with everyday life. They talk openly about their feelings and go to the scenes of war, which has just moved on. But how can love alleviate the memories of what happened, and even survive the trauma? But even apart from the twosome, the film gives insights into a country torn apart by war. Between coping with everyday life and anxiety. Between search for a mobile phone charging cable and the burial of the dead. Between resignation and hope. NaF

Filmformat
DCP | Doc | Farbe / Colour
Drehbuch
Anastasiia Starozhytska, Mariia Starozhytska
Kamera
Anastasiia Starozhytska, Valery Lavrenov, Yury Bedenko
Ton
Vasyl Gudz
Schnitt
Mykola Bazarkin
Ausstattung
Andriy Ermolenko
Musik
Anton Baibakov
Produzent
Anastasiia Starozhytska, Mariia Starozhytska
Produktion
Anastasiia Starozhytska, Mariia Starozhytska
Kontakt
Letter To Fest Distribution
Oksana Artemenko
+38 99 40 80 824
lettertofest@gmail.com
www.lettertofest.wix.com/lettertofest
Anastasiia Starozhytska, Mariia Starozhytska

Anastasiia Starozhytska, Mariia Starozhytska - Anastasiia Starozhytska – is a trained journalist. She works mainly as a screenwriter. In 2012 she made her debut as a director with the short film DEADLINE.

DEADLINE (2012, short)

Maria Starozhytska – is also a journalist, poet, writer and author of various plays. She wrote the script for DEADLINE. THE WAR OF CHIMERAS is her directing debut.