In order to be heard by the world, Iva has to learn how to hear again.
Iva is an art curator and human rights activist, and at the same time, a person with a disability. Iva can't hear the world, but she can speak. When Russia started the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Iva and her son Mykyta decide to start their path as refugees to Germany.
As a refugee, Iva has access to medical research and gets Cochlear surgery implants in Berlin.
When the doctor activates Iva’s implants she begins to hear sounds again. She hears the voice of her son Mykyta for the first time in life. Everyday Iva teaches herself how to hear every sound and tries to be part of a new life in Germany.
CREW:
Сo-production: Antonia Kilian (Pink Shadow Films) , Mario Adamson (Sisyfos Film Production)
Script: Yelizaveta Smith
DOP: Viacheslav Tsvetkov
Sound: Mykhailo Zakutskyi
Editing: Simon Mozgovyi
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Funding:
Total budget: €454426
Confirmed Financing: €186721
Already engaged financial partners and funds: Svenska Filminstitutet (Sweden), Filmboost Scholarship (Ukraine), IMS (Ukraine), Documenting Ukraine (Ukraine), Sundance Film Fund, Sons of Rigor Fund, Hessenfilm (Germany)
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Festivals
Participant at Beldocs IDFF (2022), Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival Networking award (2022), Cannes Docs as part of the Ukraine Showcase of Docs-in-Progress and won DAE – Documentary Association of Europe Award (2022), Pitching at Nordisk Panorama as part of Ukraine Focus Program (2022), Odesa International Film Festival as part of EFM at Berlinale (2023)
