When Spring Came to Bucha

by Mila Teshaieva, Marcus Lenz
  • 2022 NEW DOCS
  • 2022 wildfilms | WDR | NEW DOCS
  • 2022 wildfilms | WDR | NEW DOCS
  • 2022 wildfilms | WDR | NEW DOCS
  • 2022 NEW DOCS
  • 2022 NEW DOCS
  • 2022 NEW DOCS
  • 2022 NEW DOCS
  • 2022 NEW DOCS

    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

    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