Ukraine | 2018 | Documentary | 66’

Alina Gorlova accompanies her main heroine, who is going through a difficult rehabilitation process, with her camera. The normality of everyday life is constantly interrupted by traumatic memories from the front in eastern Ukraine. The film follows a strong woman on her way back to life and impressively shows how deeply war penetrates life. When the active phase of the war is over, its aftermath and long-lasting trauma will have to be dealt with.

The film series takes place in cooperation between the Media Library of the East European Institute at Freie Universität Berlin and the Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin (UFFB). The series brings together three films (documentaries and feature films) by Ukrainian filmmakers that mark contemporary Ukrainian cinema in the context of the war with Russia that has been going on for eight years.