Glorious Revolution
Director: Masha Novikova
Screenplay: Matthew McHaffie, Masha Novikova
Production company: The London Film School
Producer: Paisley Valentine Walsh, Masha Novikova
Cinematography: Pablo Garrido Carreras
Production design: Gordey Stolyar
Edit: Masha Novikova
Sound: Bojan Palikuća
Cast: Natalia Berezhnaya, Ilya Del, Alexandr Melnik, Viacheslav Nikolenko, Sergey Dzyalik, Kateryna Kisten, Dana Kuz
UK, Ukraine, Germany | 2021 | Color | 20’ | Tragicomedy | HD | 5.1 | DCP | o.v. Russian and Ukrainian | English Subtitles
Synopsis
In 2014, at the height of the Ukrainian revolution, a mother loses her son who is killed while protesting in Independence Square. Her attempt to bury him as a hero clashes with a corrupt bureaucratic system, testing her view of Ukraine.
Awards
Won 3rd prize at La Cinefondation competition at Cannes Film Festival, France, 2022
Shortlisted for 2022 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards, in the Live Action category
Project grant – Erwin and Gisela von Steiner Foundation Munich, Germany, 2020
Honorable mention – Project Pitch Kino der Kunst Film Festival Munich, Germany, 2020
Screenings
Official Selection 75th Cannes Film Festival (Cinefondation), France, 2022
Official Selection Tel-Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel, 2022
Official Selection Cinema Jove International Film Festival Valencia, Spain, 2022
Official Selection 29th Camerimage Film Festival, Film and Art School Etudes Panorama, Poland, 2021
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