We will not fade away
Director:
Alisa Kovalenko
Language:
Ukrainian, Russian
Subtitles:
English
Age restrictions:
12+
Q&A session with producer Valery Kalmykov
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Having grown up among the ruins, minefields, bomb shelters and coal mines of the Donbas, Andriy, Illia, Lera, Liza and Ruslan live in a world where, ever since 2014, shelling and gunfire have been as commonplace as the ever-present yearning for a better life. An expedition to the Himalayas gives the five Ukrainian teenagers the chance to fulfil this dream for a brief moment, before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February of 2022 ends up destroying the last remnants of hope. With its sensitive, unobtrusively perceptive gaze, the film paints a moving portrait of a generation of young people surrounded by darkness, who are nonetheless – or perhaps all the more – able to recognise and celebrate the fragile beauty of life.
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Berlin International Film Festival
2023 Nominee Crystal Bear
Generation 14plus - Best Film
Odesa International Film Festival
2023 Nominee Golden Duke
National Competition: Ukrainian Full-length Documentaries, 2023 Winner Special Jury Diploma, 2023 Winner Special Prize of the British Ukrainian Film and Media Association Talanted U, Best Documentary Film in the Field of Human Rights Protection, One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, 2023 Nominee Best Film Award International Competition, 2023 Winner Best Director Award, International Competition Program, Crossing Europe Filmfestival 2023 Nominee Competition Documentary Luxembourg City Film Festival, 2023 Nominee Documentary Award Ukrainian Film Academy Awards 2023 Winner Golden Dzyga Best Documentary Film Ukrainian Film Critics Awards 2023 Nominee Ukrainian Film Critics Award "Kinokolo"