''Klondike'' ( uk, Клондайк, Klondaik) is a 2022 Ukrainian drama film written, directed, and edited by
Maryna Er Gorbach
Maryna Er Gorbach (born 1981, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian filmmaker who writes, directs, produces, and edits films, often with her husband, Turkish filmmaker Mehmet Bahadir Er. She won the directing award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 20 ...
. The film stars Oxana Cherkashyna as a pregnant woman living near the Ukrainian-Russian border during the
Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...
and the shooting of
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian forces on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Cont ...
. ''Klondike'' premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival
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on January 21, 2022, where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Competition for directing. At the
Berlin International Film Festival
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, it won the second place in Panorama Audience Award category.
This film was selected as the
Ukrainian entry for the
Best International Feature Film at the
95th Academy Awards
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.
Cast
* Oksana Cherkashina as Irka
* Serhiy Shadrin as Tolik
* Oleg Shcherbina as Yurik, Irka's younger brother
Film crew
* Director -
Maryna Er Gorbach
Maryna Er Gorbach (born 1981, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian filmmaker who writes, directs, produces, and edits films, often with her husband, Turkish filmmaker Mehmet Bahadir Er. She won the directing award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 20 ...
* Screenwriter - Maryna Er Gorbach
* Cinematographer - Sviatoslav Bulakovsky
* Art Directors - Maria Denisenko, Vitaly Sudarkov, Andrew Grechishkin
* Composer - Zviad Mgebrishvili
* Sound director - Sergeant Kurpiel
* Costume designer - Victoria Filipova
* Makeup artist - Ksenia Galchenko
* Producers - Maryna Er Gorbach, Svyatoslav Bulakovsky, Mehmet Bahadir Er
Plot
The film focuses on the story of a local Ukrainian family trapped at the epicenter of the
crash of MH17. The actions unfold on July 17, 2014, in the village of
Grabove,
Donetsk region
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
, near the Russian border. The protagonists Irina and Anatoly are expecting their first child, as the
war
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
brutally invades their lives along with the wreckage of a downed Boeing. The woman refuses to evacuate, even when the village is occupied by armed groups.
Film production
The film project won the 11th State Cinema Competition held by
Ukrainian State Film Agency
The Ukrainian State Film Agency ( uk, Державне агентство України з питань кіно; romanization: ''Derzhavne ahentstvo Ukrayiny z pytanʹ kino''), known in short as Derzhkino ('' uk, Держкіно''), is the centr ...
. Additionally, in May 2021, the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey supported film production. The budget accounted for UAH 25.9 million. The casting was guided by Tanya Simon. Bosnian sound director Serjan Kurpiel and Georgian composer Zviad Mgebrishvili were also involved in the project. Under the terms of cooperation, 90% of post-production took place in Turkey.
Awards and nominations
See also
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References
External links
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2022 films
Ukrainian drama films
Sundance Film Festival award winners
2022 drama films
War in Donbas films
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