| Songs of Slow Burning Earth | |
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| Directed by | Olha Zhurba |
| Produced by | Darya Bassel |
| Cinematography | Volodymyr Usyk Viacheslav Tsvietkov Misha Lubarsky |
| Edited by | Michael Aaglund |
| Music by | Yaroslav Tatarchenko |
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| Countries | Ukraine Denmark Sweden France |
Songs of Slow Burning Earth is a 2024 documentary film written and directed by Olha Zhurba. A co-production between Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden and France, it had its world premiere at the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival.
The film was an international co-production by Moon Man, Final Cut for Real and We Have a Plan. [1]
The film premiered out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. [2]
The film was awarded best film at the 11th Riga International Film Festival [3] and at the 22nd Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, [4] and won the Jury Award for Best Film at the 27th One World International Human Rights Film Festival. [5] Marc van de Klashorst from International Cinephile Society described the film as "a powerful document of the horrors of war and the resilience of humanity", and wrote: "not only is the compositional work strong, Zhurba also has a knack for making human drama play out in such a way that it becomes a gut punch". [6]