Sydney Underground Film Festival

Focus on New Ukrainian Cinema: STRANGER + 3 shorts

Expired September 26, 2021 4:00 PM
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4 films in package
The Second Wave
Future comes now and in the next second - like waves; while the photography stays at the depth where the wave no longer moves the water particles. This depth is equal to about one half the distance between me and my grandfather. The distance between us is called a wavelength.
Maria
Maria decides on a desperate deed to put an end to years of violence from which she has suffered.
Good Boy
Business analyst Andriy, loaded with his work affairs and responsibilities, takes care of his father's post-surgery rehabilitation. Trying to be in several places at the same time and worrying about the needs of others, Andrew forgets about his own.
Stranger
When people begin mysteriously disappearing into the water of a hydrotherapy clinic, a talented inspector is assigned the case for investigation, and in turn learns the true horrors of her own identity.
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FOCUS ON NEW UKRAINIAN CINEMA

From a deep-rooted ancient culture whose story-telling and very identity was banned and repressed for over a hundred years in modern & recent history, comes a raw intensity and sensitivity of poetic story-telling. It is both cathartic and inspiring as it explores and defines new identities of its place in the world.

Thanks to the following organisations for their support: Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, Ivan and Lily Semciw, Mrs Luba Kaye, Knysh & Associates, CYM Sydney, Ukrainian Association of Cabramatta, Fairfield Inc., and Ukrainian Council of NSW.

Curated by Julian Knysh

THE SECOND WAVE

2020, 5', Ukraine


Future comes now and in the next second - like waves; while the photography stays at the depth where the wave no longer moves the water particles. This depth is equal to about one half the distance between me and my grandfather. The distance between us is called a wavelength.


Director/Producer's bio

Maria Stoianova is a Kyiv-based independent filmmaker. After finishing her education in Cultural Studies and Social Anthropology, she worked in different positions within the Ukrainian film industry. She has directed and edited several short documentaries, among which is the award-winning films Ma (2017) and Above the Styx (2019). She has finished her studies at the Sergey Bukovsky Film Program and works on her first feature-length documentary at present.


Director/Script/Editor - Maria Stoianova

Camera - Maria Stoianova, Isidore Mankofsky


Official selections:

Festival of Nations, Austria 2021

Unified Filmmakers Festival, online short film festival 2021 GE

HER Docs Film Festival - 2021 POL

Odesa International Film Festival - 2021 UA

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    5 minutes
  • Language
    Ukrainian
  • Country
    Ukraine
  • Note
    Ukrainian with English Subtitles
  • Director
    Maria Stoianova
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