I Did Not Want to Make a War Film (2022)
A full-scale invasion found the Kyiv director in a small Bedouin village in the Middle East. It was warm, safe, and unbearably far from home. Once the director had a prophetic dream. She decided to return to Kyiv, still the hostilities were unfolding. Despite the condemnation of relatives and the long journey, she finally managed to cross the threshold of her home. But the house itself has now become forever different.
Director: Nadia Parfan
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Illia Gladshtein as Self |
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Bogdan Kutsii as Self |
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Olga Parfan as Self |
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Oksana Usachova as Self |
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Nataliia Usachova as Self |
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Andrii Zinchenko as Self |
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Kateryna Singurova as Self |
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Anton Singurov as Self |
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Ivan Singurov as Self |
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Oleksandr Surovtsov as Self |
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Yulia Surovtsova as Self |
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Arsenii Surovtsov as Self |
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Kapitolina Pasikova as Self |
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Oleksii Kuzmin as Self |
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Anastasiia Stanko as Self |
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Oksana Semenik as Self |
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Residents of Bucha as |
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Residents of Borodianka as |
| Directing | Nadia Parfan | Director |
| Editing | Taras Spivak | Editor |
| Writing | Nadia Parfan | Writer |
| Production | Daniel Lombroso | Producer |
| Production | Soo-Jeong Kang | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Nadia Parfan | Cinematography |
| Sound | Margaryta Kulichova | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Yevgen Chaban | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Maryna Tkachenko | Colorist |
| Crew | Illia Gladshtein | Cinematography |
| Crew | Dmytro Burko | Cinematography |
| Crew | Kateryna Mizina | Cinematography |
| Crew | Volodymyr Demchenko | Cinematography |
| Crew | Petro Pogorilo | Cinematography |
| Crew | Valera Mironenko | Cinematography |
| Crew | Verena Hoelzl | Cinematography |
| Crew | Volodymyr Chepel | Cinematography |
| Crew | KINODOPOMOHA | Cinematography |
| Crew | Unian | Cinematography |