''Dixie Land'' (alternatively spelled ''Dixieland'') is a 2015 Ukrainian

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Synopsis

The documentary was filmed in the Ukrainian city of

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. The film follows four members of a children's orchestra (Roman, Polina, and two boys both named Nikita) who like to play American

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music. The movie focuses on the children's strong connection with their grumpy but well-loved teacher, Semyon Nikolayevich Ryvkin.

Cast

* Semen Nikolayevich Ryvkin * Roman Kupriyanov * Polina Tarasenko

Release and Distribution

''Dixie Land'' was directed, written, and edited by Roman Bondarchuk. Bondarchuk had gained acclaim as a documentary filmmaker thanks to his earlier films, such as ''Euromaidan'' and ''

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''. ''Dixie Land'' premiered in Ukraine in 2015. The film played at the

Odesa International Film Festival The Odesa International Film Festival ( uk, Оде́ський міжнаро́дний кінофестива́ль) is an annual film festival held in the middle of July in Odesa. Since 2016 the festival program has consisted of three parts: ...

where it won the Golden Duke award. The film was also featured at the Lielais Kristaps National Film Festival in

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in September 2015 and at the

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in the

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in April 2016. The film was also shown on television in

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in March 2017.

Reception

The Odessa Review ''The Odessa Review'' was a print English language cultural magazine founded and named after the Ukrainian city of Odesa that existed between 2016 and 2019. Based for most of its history in Odesa, the magazine's office moved to Kyiv in 2018. Magaz ...

'' said of the film, "Honestly, ''Dixie Land'' is the kind of powerful film that needs no introduction — it needs to be seen."

External links

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References

2015 films Ukrainian-language films 2015 documentary films Ukrainian documentary films {{2010s-documentary-film-stub