''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 The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

on January 21, 2022, where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Competition for directing. At the

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

, 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 The 95th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor films released in 2022, and is scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 12, 2023. Comed ...

Cast

* Oksana Cherkashina as Irka * Serhiy Shadrin as Tolik * Oleg Shcherbina as Yurik, Irka's younger brother

Film crew

* Director -

* 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

References

External links

* 2022 films Ukrainian drama films Sundance Film Festival award winners 2022 drama films War in Donbas films {{Ukraine-film-stub