One Aloe, One Ficus, One Avocado and Six Dracaenas

Year
2022
Country
France, Ukraine
Duration
8’
Director
Marta Smerechynska

There is a washing machine wrapped in tape, metres-long indoor plants and their roots, and children's drawings among hundreds of boxes on which the addresses of Ukrainian cities are written. This place resembles a warehouse of lost things. 

The silence is broken by a woman's voice, that of the owner of one of these boxes. She is bidding farewell to her home in Kyiv, speaking of the belongings she left behind. Each item has a story, a memory that is being left behind. Through her words the home seems to come alive, each item imbued with a sense of warmth and familiarity. 

People begin to appear in the so-called warehouse, taking their pieces of home in the form of parcels. They sift through the boxes, searching for their treasured possessions. Some are filled with joy, others with sadness. 

Meanwhile a woman's voice questions: does the loss of belongings matter?

CREW:
Director: Marta Smerechynska
Producer: Marta Smerechynska, Julie Tingaud, Constance Gronnier, Jennifer Miola
Director
Marta Smerechynska
Marta Smerechynska is a documentary filmmaker and actress. After graduating from the I. K. Karpenko-Kary University in Kyiv in 2019, she participated in the documentary directing programmes at L’Université d’été at La Femis in Paris and the Polish-French Film Academy Kinographe. Marta’s documentary feature debut Diary of a Bride of Christ premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival in August 2022. Currently, she is pursuing a DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus joint master’s degree.
Selected Filmography
Diary of a Bride of Christ (2022), One Aloe, One Ficus, One Avocado and Six Dracaenas (2022)
Hall «GEGEMON»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A
Ukrainian
By tickets
Tuesday
06 June 2023
13:30
Kino42
Kostiantynivska str., 11/13
Q&A
Ukrainian
By tickets
Wednesday
07 June 2023
17:15
Hall «KINOMAN»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A
Ukrainian
By tickets
Thursday
08 June 2023
13:00
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
On April 22, 2023, from 13:05 to 13:11 nothing happened in Irpin
DOCU/SHORT
On April 22, 2023, from 13:05 to 13:11 nothing happened in Irpin
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2023
Country
Ukraine
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Duration
7’
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Year
2023
Country
Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland
Director
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21’
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Year
2023
Country
Ukraine, Georgia
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2023
Country
Ukraine, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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15’
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2023
Country
Ukraine
Director
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Duration
18’
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2023
Country
USA, Hungary
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9’
DOCU/SHORT
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2024
Country
Ukraine
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28’
DOCU/SHORT
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2023
Country
USA
Director
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Duration
30’
DOCU/SHORT
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2023
Country
Ukraine
Director
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Duration
27’
DOCU/SHORT
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The Kiosk
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2023
Country
Poland
Director
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Duration
40’
DOCU/SHORT
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DOCU/SHORT
Testudo Hermanni
Year
2023
Country
Austria, USA
Director
G. Anthony Svatek
Duration
7’
DOCU/SHORT
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DOCU/SHORT
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Year
2023
Country
Italy
Director
Niccolò Salvato
Duration
15’
DOCU/SHORT
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DOCU/SHORT
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Year
2023
Country
Slovakia
Director
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Duration
26’
DOCU/SHORT
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DOCU/SHORT
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Year
2022
Country
Nepal
Director
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Duration
18’
DOCU/SHORT