Drama / 107 min / 2022
Ukraine / Croatia / Czech Republic / Sweden
Returning home from the front line after being held captive for two months, soldier Lilia (29 y.o.) discovers that she is pregnant after being raped by her warden. Will she manage to survive this trauma and save the child in a society that is not ready to accept either of them?
director Maksym Nakonechnyi
script writers Iryna Tsilyk, Maksym Nakonechnyi
DOP Khrystyna Lyzohub
producers Yelizaveta Smith, Darya Bassel
co-producers Anita Juka, Laura Sinovčić, Dagmar Sedláčková, Mario Adamson
executive producer Lena Yakovitska
line producer Tetyana Pidgayna
production designer Mariia Khomiakova
costume designer Sofia Doroshenko
make up artist Anna Lukashenko
editor Ivor Ivezić
VFX Magic Lab
location manager Volodymyr Favorskyi
Lilja Marharyta Burkovska
Toha Liubomyr Valivots
Olha Serhiivna Myroslava Vytrykhovska-Makar
Magpie Natalia Vorozhbyt
Beard Myroslav Hai
Rama Dmytro Lozovsky
Webbie Kateryna Prymak
Liza Daria Lorenci Flatz
Mustafa Edvin Liverić
Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard, 2022
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2022
Vukovar Film Festival, 2022
Special jury award
Festival International du Film de Saint Jean de Luz, 2022
Grand Prix and the Best Actress
Festival International de cinéma - War on screen, 2022
Student Jury Award
Pula Film Festival, 2022
Special Jury Award
Filmfest München, 2022
European Film Festival Palic, 2022
Warsaw International Film Festival, 2022
Riga International Film Festival, 2022
Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival, 2022
Busan International Film Festival, 2022
CinEast Luxembourg, 2022
Helsinki FF, 2022
Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, 2022
Sarajevo Film Festival, 2022
BFI London Film Festival, 2022
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2022
FilmFestival Cottbus, 2022
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, 2022
Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin, 2022
Ukraina Festiwal Filmowy, 2022
Gijon International Film Festival, 2022
Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2022
Kyiv Critics’ Week, 2022
Odesa International Film Festival, 2022
Best Feature Ukrainian Film
Septimius Awards, 2023
Best European Actress - Margaryta Burkovska
VII Ukrainian Film Academy Golden Dzyga Award, 2023
Best Sound - Vasyl Yavtushenko
Best Editing - Alina Gorlova
Trieste Film Festival - Alpe Adria Cinema, 2023
Cineuropa Award
International Film Festival Febiofest in Bratislava, 2023
Best Feature Film
Scanorama Film Festival, 2023
Film festival Cologne, 2023
Pune International Film Festival, 2023
Polish National Film Archive, 2023
Pune International Film Festival, 2023
Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2023
Tromsø International Film Festival - East Side Stories, 2023
Movies That Matter, 2023
The first festival of contemporary culture PORUCH, 2023
European Film Festival in Stockholm, 2023
The project is funded by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Ukranian State Film Agency, Croatian Audiovisual Center, Czech Film Fund and Eurimages.
In co-production with 4Films (Croatia), MasterFilm (Czech Republic) and Sisyfos Films (Sweden)