The in-person screening of this film will be followed by a live Q+A. The recording will be posted on our YouTube channel in the days following the festival.
With the Russian annexation of Crimea, the Ukrainian Paralympic National Team loses their training base overnight. The film follows the team’s fight to qualify for the upcoming games under poor training conditions. As borders shift and their personal and professional lives are displaced, the athletes must push beyond not only physical limits but the weight of political turmoil.
Main image description: A man in a wheelchair with his back to the camera, looking at the shoreline.
- Year2021
- Runtime102 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Russian, Ukrainian
- CountrySwitzerland
- DirectorLesia Kordonets
The in-person screening of this film will be followed by a live Q+A. The recording will be posted on our YouTube channel in the days following the festival.
With the Russian annexation of Crimea, the Ukrainian Paralympic National Team loses their training base overnight. The film follows the team’s fight to qualify for the upcoming games under poor training conditions. As borders shift and their personal and professional lives are displaced, the athletes must push beyond not only physical limits but the weight of political turmoil.
Main image description: A man in a wheelchair with his back to the camera, looking at the shoreline.
- Year2021
- Runtime102 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Russian, Ukrainian
- CountrySwitzerland
- DirectorLesia Kordonets