This Rain Will Never Stop takes the audience on a powerful, visually arresting journey through humanity’s endless cycle of war and peace. The film follows 20-year-old Andriy Suleyman as he tries to secure a sustainable future while navigating the human toll of armed conflict. From the Syrian civil war to the Russian-Ukrainian war, Andriy’s existence is framed by the seemingly eternal flow of life and death.
director Alina Gorlova
scriptwriters Alina Gorlova, Maksym Nakonechnyi
DOP Vyacheslav Tsvetkov
producer Maksym Nakonechnyi
co-producers Ilona Bicevska, Patrick Hamm
executive producer Olena Yakovitska
music Goran Gora, Serge Synthkey
sound director Vasyl Yavtushenko
editors Olha Zhurba, Simon Mozgovyi, Alina Gorlova
International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam, the Netherlands
First Appearance Competition Won: IDFA Award for Best First Appearance
Festival Dei Popoli, Italy
International Competition Won: Best Feature Length
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine
International Competition Won: Current Time Award
Las Palmas International Film Festival, Spain
International Competition Won: Golden Lady Harimaguada Award,
goEast – Festival Of Central- And Eastern European Film, Germany
Feature Competition Won: Golden Lily Award for Best Film
Ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, Austria
International Documentary Award Won: IDA Award
One World – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic
International Competition Won: Main Jury Prize
IceDocs – Iceland Documentary Film Festival, Iceland
Main Competition Won: Main Award
Beldocs – International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia
International Competition Won: Main Award
Black Canvas – Festival for Contemporary Cinema, Mexico
New Horizon Competition Won: Best Cinematography
El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
Feature Documentary Competition Special Mention
Cork International Film Festival, Ireland
Cinematic Documentary Competition Won: Best Film