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Songs of Slow Burning Earth
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Songs of Slow Burning Earth

Songs of Slow Burning Earth

Pisni zemli, shcho povilno horyt’
Olha Zhurba
Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France
2024
95 min
Dutch Premiere
Best of Fests
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Synopsis

Over the course of two years and at various locations—both close to and far from the frontline—director Olha Zhurba collected footage for this powerful, personal, and metaphysical audiovisual album of the war in Ukraine.

We see the invasion itself—the first explosions, evacuations to safer places, and convoys transporting relief supplies—and the absorption of war into everyday life, with schoolchildren routinely making their way to bomb shelters and women looking for their dead husbands at the morgue. These scenes are accompanied by a jarring soundscape evoking everything from panic to mute resignation, along with heart-wrenching audio clips from emergency calls.

The centerpiece is a hushed scene lasting several minutes that was filmed from a convoy transporting dead bodies, the route lined with local people kneeling at the side of the road. With patience, respect and an artist’s eye, the director captures the fear and disillusionment, the rage, the fighting spirit and the hope of a population under fire.

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Tickets & Times
Fri, november 15
15:45 – 17:23
Ketelhuis: Zaal 1
Film fully subtitled in English

Sun, november 17
11:15 – 13:10
ITA: Rabozaal
Film fully subtitled in English

Mon, november 18
22:00 – 23:38
Pathé City 5
Film fully subtitled in English

Thu, november 21
12:00 – 13:38
Pathé Noord 4
Film fully subtitled in English

Fri, november 22
15:00 – 16:38
Tuschinski 2
Film fully subtitled in English

Sat, november 23
16:00 – 17:38
Tuschinski 5
Film fully subtitled in English
Credits
95 min
color
DCP
Spoken languages: Ukrainian, Russian
Director
    Olha Zhurba
    Olha Zhurba
Production
    Darya Bassel for Moon Man
    Darya Bassel for Moon Man
Co-production
    Anne Köhncke for Final Cut for Real,
    Kerstin Übelacker for We Have a Plan
    Anne Köhncke for Final Cut for Real,
    Kerstin Übelacker for We Have a Plan
Cinematography
    Volodymyr Usik
    Volodymyr Usik
Editing
    Michael Aaglund
    Michael Aaglund
Sound Design
    Pavlo Melnyk
    Pavlo Melnyk
Music
    Yaroslav Tatarchenko
    Yaroslav Tatarchenko
Screenplay
    Olha Zhurba
    Olha Zhurba
Involved TV Channel
    ARTE France,
    DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation,
    SVT
    ARTE France,
    DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation,
    SVT
World Sales
    Filmotor
    Filmotor
Screening copy
    Moon Man
    Moon Man

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