Section: Spotlight: Ukraine

SMOULDERING: THE TREE OF LIFE

SMOULDERING: THE TREE OF LIFE

Nadiia Mykolaienko
Ukraine, 2023, 32 Min

Destroyed cultural heritage: The monumental mosaics from the Soviet era reflect the turbulent history of the city of Mariupol. Now they are part of a ruined city. And the photographer Stanislav Ivanov, who documented them before the war, had to leave his home town.

Alla Horska's magnificent mosaic "Tree of Life" in Mariupol was also destroyed, as were Ivanov's books and records... Nevertheless, the photographer hopes to return, because he has no roots in Lviv - in western Ukraine.

Text: Wolfgang Martin Hamdorf

The film will be shown in the original language with English subtitles and simultaneously translated into German. Headphones are available free of charge against a deposit in the cinema foyer.

Drehbuch
Nadiia Mykolaienko
Kamera
Svitlana Koval, Nadiia Mykolaienko
Ton
Andrii Herasymenko
Schnitt
Serhii Dmytrenko, Serhii Baidetskyi
Produzent
Kseniia Shubeliak
Produktion
ublic Broadcasting Company of Ukraine" (Suspilne Ukraine)
Nadiia Mykolaienko

Nadiia Mykolaienko - Ukrainian documentary filmmaker, journalist and film director at Suspilne Kultura. She is the author of documentary films about Ukrainian artists during the war time, about monumental art of cities of Mariupol and Prypiat, as well as about cultural resistance to Russian terror.Graduated from the Poltava Polytechnic, architectural speciality. Also studied master's program in journalism at the School of Journalism of Ukrainian Catholic University (2018-2020). At the same time, for three years, she worked in the projects of the NGO "Public Service of Ukraine, Poltava branch", which deals with non-formal education (documentary theater, critical thinking, civic competence). Since 2020 she has been filming documentaries and reports for Suspilne Kultura TV channel.

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