Guests from Kharkiv (Гості з Харкова)

Production Status
Сompleted
Year of starting production
2022
Release Date
2023
Country(ies) of (co)production
Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian, Russian
Duration
20’

Nelia and Oleksandr offer refuge to fleeing Kharkiv families, providing shelter and land in their village. But when the newcomers struggle to adapt to rural life, their shared harvest falters. Can they unite to save the garden and their bonds amidst adversity?

Nelia and her husband Oleksandr are helping relocated people who have fled from bombing and shelling attacks in Kharkiv to adapt in the village. They are becoming friends with one another. To help the displaced people from Kharkiv have enough food, Nelia gives them a big garden patch and planting seeds, where they plant potatoes and vegetables.

Over time, it becomes evident that the people who moved here from the city are not ready for hard physical work on the land plot because they hope that the war will end soon. Without proper care, the planted harvest starts degrading.

Will they be able to find a compromise, save the vegetable garden and their relationships?

CREW:
Directing: Halyna Lavrinets
Script: Halyna Lavrinets
DOP: Yevhen Kozeko
Sound: Andrii Borysenko
Music: Mykyta Moiseiev
Production:
Funding:
Already engaged financial partners and funds: This film was developed as part of the project Civil Pitch 2.0. Civil Pitch 2.0 is a project of the NGO Docudays, created and implemented with the support and in partnership with the programme USAID/ENGAGE and Goethe-Institut
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Festivals
Participated at Hot Docs, Docudays UA, Odesa International Film Festival, MICT Film Festival, Minimalen (2024)

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