Pamfir

The drama "Pamfir" by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk — a film that received a standing ovation at its Cannes premiere and has earned 18 nominations and 21 festival awards.

"Pamfir" is festival auteur cinema for viewers ready for complex stories.

Though the plot is fairly simple — it unfolds around the life of a decent family man who, upon returning home from working abroad, is forced back into crime to save his son — its depth runs much deeper. "Pamfir" is a story of desperation, a story of the borders we dare to cross, literally and figuratively, to protect our own, a story of searching for one's own identity.

International media describe the film as unique, bold, and visually striking — a film that sends chills down your spine and is unlike anything we've seen from this country before.

Critics rank it among the finest films of independent Ukraine, combining elements of thriller, drama, and western. It has been compared to Greek tragedies and the paintings of Bosch. The aesthetics of Malanka give the film its distinctive atmosphere, as the events take place on the eve of this folk holiday in a village in western Ukraine.