90 min / 2024
Ukraine / Norway
produced by TABOR in co-production with Indie Film.
A gentle hypnotic journey through the VHS archives of the (post-)Soviet figure skater who toured the West in the 80s and 90s. Years later, his daughter follows these videotaped memories to reveal a story about maturing: her own, her family’s, and her society’s.
director & scriptwriter Maria Stoianova
producers Alina Gorlova, Maksym Nakonechnyi
co-producers Karianne Berge, Carsten Aanonsen
DOP Mykhailo Stoianov
sound Vasyl Yavtushenko
editing Maryna Maykovska, Viktor Onysko
music Anton Dehtiarov
Visions du Réel 2024
International Feature Film Competition
Munich Film Festival 2024, Germany
CineRebels Award
Won: CineRebels Award - Honorable Mention
Sarajevo Film Festival 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best Documentary
Nominee: Heart of Sarajevo
Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival 2024, Ukraine
DOCU/UKRAINE, DOCU/WORLD
Won: DOCU/UKRAINE Best Film, DOCU/WORLD Special Mention, Students Jury Prize Best Film, DOCU/UKRAINE Union of the Ukrainian Film Critics Prize
National Film Critics Award "Kinokolo" 2024, Ukraine
Won: Best Documentary Feature Film, Discovery of the Year