When Spring Came to Bucha

by Mila Teshaieva, Marcus Lenz

When Spring Came to Bucha

Germany | 2022 | 66:00 min

Original Title:
LEBEN NACH BUTSCHA – TRAUMA UND HOFFNUNG

Formal Categories

Current Affairs Human Interest Society Conflicts War / Peace Human Rights Social Issue

Content Categories

Documentary

Synopsis

By the time Russian army retreated from Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpin, houses were destroyed, civilians executed, and lives ruined. From the moment when they emerge from their shelters over the course of many weeks, the films follows various residents as they pick themselves up from the smoldering ruins. The dead are identified, debris is cleared, and prosecutors start talking about a war tribunal. But as the first blossoms of spring start appearing, these Ukrainians also reveal their resilience. Human spirit overcomes war and death.

Festivals/Awards

2022
35 IDFA
shortlisted for ROSE D'ORE – Global Television Festival
2023
Winner of 59 GRIMME PRIZE
FIPADOC Biarritz
DocPoint, Helsinki
Göteborg IFF
ArtDocFest, Riga
20 CPH:DOX
HRWFF – Human Rights Watch Film Festival
25 TiDF – 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
nominated ROMAN BRODMANN Preis
54 Vision du Réel, Nyon
17 Ethnocineca IDFF Vienna
German Documentary Award – Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis
33 Filmfest Emden
nominated for Best Documentary – Deutscher Fernsehpreis
Human Rights FF Berlin

Cast and Crew

Director Mila Teshaieva, Marcus Lenz
Producer Marcus Lenz (wildfilms)
Director of Photography Marcus Lenz
Editor Evgenia Danilenko, Julia Wiedwald
Sound Vitalyi Garkavyi
Score Dakha Brakha, Ganna Gryniva

Original Languages

Russian

Ukrainian

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Links / Reference

PRODUCTION
www.wildfilms.de

TRAILER
vimeo.com/769791858

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