THE DAYS I WOULD LIKE TO FORGET

SYNOPSIS

The film triptych of three films – MILITANTROPOS, PALINGENESION and COSMOMORPHOSIS – observes how the war in Ukraine changes people, space and affects the world. Different personal experiences are combined into a coherent collective experience, showing the impact and presence of war on all levels of existence.

CONTACT

AMOUNT OF THE SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT: 15 000 €

Date of the decision : December 11th 2023

THE DIRECTORS

Alina Gorlova is a director of the film. Born and raised in Ukraine, she graduated from Karpenko- Kary Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film & Television. Eight years ago, she co-founded a production company, Tabor. Her documentary, No obvious signs, which she directed, won the MDR film award for best Eastern European film at DokLeipzig. Alina was a 2019 Berlinale Talents and Eurodoc 2020 participant. Her latest documentary, This Rain will never stop, won the award for Best First Appearance at IDFA, the Best Feature award at Festival dei Popoli, Beldocs, Go East, One World (Jeden svět), Ice Docs FF, Las Palmas FF.

Yelizaveta Smith is a director of the film. She graduated from the Kyiv National University of Theatre and Cinema as a film director. After the Ukrainian revolution, she started volunteer work with children in the city of Mykolaivka in the Donetsk area, which the war partly destroyed. Her experience there led to the documentary School Number 3, co-directed by George Genoux. The film premiered at Berlinale 2017, winning the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury, and received a Special Award at HumanDOC Festival in Warsaw. Her debut short film Solitude was selected to Odesa IFF and Raindance in 2019 and was nominated for Best Short Film at the Ukrainian Film Academy Awards 2020. In 2020 was author of idea and co-author of documentary multimedia project Time Suburbs. Yelizaveta was a participant at Berlinale Talents, TorinoFilmLabExtended, The Write Retreat, MidPoint Feature Launch and others. She is a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy and European Film Academy.

Maksym Nakonechnyi is a director and producer of the film. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in directing from Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television. Maksym has completed several fiction shorts as a director – Invisible (2017), New Year with Family (2018), and regularly produces documentary films – This Rain Will Never Stop (2020) Fragments of Ice (In progress) Nice Ladies (In progress). His films have screened widely on the international festival circuit, and received both broadcast and theatrical releases. Maksym’s directorial feature fiction debut Butterfly vision is included into “Un certain regard” competition in Cannes 2022.