BLUE SWEATER WITH A YELLOW HOLE

SYNOPSIS

Reflecting on the manipulation of information in the modern world, the story follows Taisa (15) and Kyrylo (12) as they paint memories of their time in Russian “reeducation” camps.

After six months immersed in propaganda, two Ukrainian children and their friends struggle with their conflicted  memories. After being rescued, they strive to rediscover “who they are” and find the meaning of “home” — questioning the thin line between flying and falling.

CONTACT

AMOUNT OF THE SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT: 22 500 €

Date of the decision : July 26th, 2024

AMOUNT OF THE SUPPORT FOR PRODUCTION: 90 000 €

Date of the decision : January 27th, 2025

THE DIRECTOR

Tetiana strives to challenge pressing social issues through multi-disciplinary projects. Her body of work includes a cinema vérité documentary about mortality “Enticing, Sugary, Boundless or Song and Dances about Death” that premiered at the Ji.hlava Film Festival and was nominated as best documentary at the Ukrainian Film Academy Awards. Tetiana is particularly interested in examining society from children’s perspectives. Among her other awards, is the Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival for the period mini-series Angels of War, which follows the stories of siblings during the Second World War.

Creating links between story-telling, contemporary art and the academic world, in 2022, Ms Khodakivska co-curated the immersive Exhibition of Ukrainian Contemporary Art in the James Gallery at Cuny Graduate Center. The Exhibition brought the presence of 51 artworks by 40 renowned Ukrainian artists to New York audiences through projections, becoming the largest gathering of contemporary Ukrainian art in the United States in the last twenty years.