Supported project

THE DAYS I WOULD LIKE TO FORGET

Dec 11, 2023

Director: Alina Gorlova, Yelizaveta Smith, Maksym Nakonechnyi, Simon Mozgovyi.
Scriptwriter: Alina Gorlova, Yelizaveta Smith, Maksym
Nakonechnyi, Simon Mozgovyi
Countries: Ukraine / France
Genre: Documentary
Country of shooting: Ukraine, Serbia, Germany, Ethiopia, USA
Language: Ukrainian
Duration: 3×70 min

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

Ukrainian producer
Tabor Ltd

Eugene Rachkovsky
e.rachkovsky@gmail.com

Producer from a contributing country
Les Valseurs (France)

Nabil Bellahsene
nabil@lesvalseurs.com

AMOUNT OF THE SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT: 15 000 €

European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films – 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.

Simon Mozgovyi is a director and ﬁlm editor of the ﬁlm. He studied Cinema and Television Arts at the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture (B.A.). After graduating in 2013, he went on to study an advanced-level course in dramaturgy in Kyiv, where he began acting at the DAKH Theatre (2013-2018). Now, he works as a freelance ﬁlmmaker. Simon’s documentary ﬁlm The Winter Garden’s Tale (2018) premiered at Ji.hlava IDFF, and then participated in DOK Leipzig, Full Frame, Docudays UA, and others. His ﬁlmography includes the documentaries Salt from Bonneville (2021), and Orpheus Is Standing On The Bank Of The Styx (short, 2022). Now he works on his directorial feature ﬁction debut Chrysanthemum Day (2023, in progress).

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