THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE

2020, Ukraine/Lithuania

Iryna Tsilyk

How can you convey in a film what it means to live in a war zone? Mira from the Donbass region tries to answer this question. Together with her mother and her three younger siblings, she makes a film about exactly that. She interviews her family, has them re-enact scenes with soldiers, and discusses how to proceed with the film – all the while the war is raging outside. Iryna Tsilyk follows this project, capturing loving, humorous family scenes amid the atrocities of the war. This intelligent, captivating meta-film conveys the pain and horrors of the war without visually depicting its brutality.

Eine Gruppe von Menschen, darunter Kinder und Erwachsene, sitzt eng beieinander auf einem Bett und dem Boden in einem schwach beleuchteten Raum, in den durch eine teilweise geöffnete Tür Licht fällt.
Section: Documentary Film Competition
Country: Ukraine/Lithuania
Director: Iryna Tsilyk
Language: russisch-ukrainische OmenglU
Running time: 74min

DCP