The monochrome movie observes endless cycle of war and peace machinery, in which we meet a young Kurdish guy Andriy. Fleeing Syrian conflict, his family unexpectedly landed in the Ukrainian. Following him back to his homeland, we start a slow journey from Ukraine to Iraq, Syria and Germany through war zones, military parades, humanitarian missions, refugee camps, cultural, religious, wedding and funeral customs. All of these elements create eternal flow of life and death, where our protagonist exists and tries to find himself.
2021 DocuDays (Ukraine) – Docu/World (International Competition)
2021 GO EAST FILM FESTIVAL (Germany) - Golden Lily Award for Best Film
2021 BELDOCS (Serbia) - International Competition - Best Film Award
2021 RIDM (Canada) - Int'l Feature Competition
2020 IDFA (Netherlands) - First Appareance Award
2020 Festival dei Popoli (Italy) - Best Feature-Lenght Documentary Award
2020 Cannes Docs - Marché du Film (France) - Docs in Progress selection
2020 When East Meets West (Italy) - HBO Award (work in progress)
2019 IDFA (Netherlands) - IDFAcademy
2019 Dok Leipzig (Germany) - Dok Copro, Development Prize