Four generations of Ukrainian women from one family explore how their ethnic identity has been destroyed by the full-scale Russian invasion. Together and one by one at the same time, they embark on an emotional journey shaped by their newfound memories and family history.
Content warning: depiction of war
CREW:
Director: Svitlana Lishchynska
Producer: Anna Kapustina, Fredrik Lange, Kristina Börjeson
Cinematographer: Petro Tsymbal, Krystyna Lizohub, Ivan Fomichenko, Vlad Dergunov, Maryna Svitlychna, Denis Strashnyi, Roman Petrusyak, Anja Zhukova, Shaun Holder, Jasleen Kaur Sethi, Jack Bradley, Jack Laurenson
Sound: Nataliia Avramenko
Production
Albatros Communicos Ukraine, ZDF / ARTE, Vilda Bomben AB, Film I Vast
Sales:
Film Harbour
Director
Svitlana Lishchynska
Svitlana Lishchynska was born in 1970 in Mariupol. She is a Ukrainian film director who has worked for more than 25 years for Ukraine’s leading TV channels.
Photo: Yevhen DyadicinSelected Filmography
Mariupol. Reconstruction (2022), Ballroom King (2019), Treasures of Vero (2019), Invisible Battalion (2017)