Us, Our Pets and the War

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Us, Our Pets and the War
Directed by Anton Ptushkin
Written by Anton Ptushkin
Narrated by Anton Ptushkin
Production
companies
Ukraine Vse Sam
Canada Yap Films
Distributed byUkraine Green Light Films
Release date
 4 April 2024
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesUkraine
Canada
LanguagesUkrainian
Russian[ citation needed ]

Us, Our Pets and the War is a 2024 documentary film directed by Anton Ptushkin and co-produced by the Ukrainian company Vse Sam and the Canadian company Yap Films. [1] The documentary tells the story of the relationship between people and their animals against the backdrop of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The film is the directorial debut of blogger Anton Ptushkin, who worked on it for 1.5 years. [2] [3]

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The Ukrainian premiere will take place on 4 April 2024, with Green Light Films as a distributor. [2] [3]

PBS, the US largest broadcaster, has acquired Anton Ptushkin's film.The international version of the film Us, Our Pets and the War will be shown in the USA as part of the popular PBS documentary project "Nature". It is noteworthy that PBS broadcast the 2024 Oscar-winning film "20 Days in Mariupol" in the Frontline series. [4]

Synopsis

Us, Our Pets and the War highlights the stories of people and their pets during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia's armed aggression resulted in many people forced to leave their homes for places outside the war zone. Fleeing the war, people also saved the lives of animals: cats, dogs, bears, lions, chameleons, lemurs, etc., as well as famous pets such as Patron the dog and Shafa the cat. Besides Ukrainians, the film includes citizens of other countries who also took part in the rescue mission. [5] [6] [7]

The main idea of the film boils down to a quote from Asia Serpinska, the founder of the Hostomel shelter: "Save animals to stay human".

This film is an attempt to show the events in Ukraine from a different angle, namely through the relationship between people and animals affected by the war.

"This film was originally made with the Western audience in mind because it seemed to me that everyone in Ukraine already knew everything. But then I realized that a lot of what I filmed would be interesting and understandable to Ukrainians too. That's how I came up with the idea to make a separate movie for our audience and show it in Ukrainian cinemas, not on YouTube. I'm curious to see how it will turn out," Anton Ptushkin comments.

Release

Us, Our Pets and the War will open the annual Doc Kyiv Fest international documentary film festival on 28-30 March 2024 and be available in Ukrainian cinemas starting from 4 April 2024. Green Light Films, a film distribution company, will be responsible for the Ukrainian distribution. Its goal is literally to give the green light to the positive changes in the industry. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Leo Barraclough, "‘Us, Our Pets and the War,’ Documentary About Animals in Ukraine, Acquired by Autlook". Variety , May 15, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Ми, наші улюбленці та війна. Офіційний трейлер". Антон Птушкін . YouTube. 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  3. 1 2 "Ми, наші улюбленці та війна (2024)". Планета Кіно . 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  4. 1 2 "Us, Our Pets and the War: a documentary by famous Ukrainian blogger Anton Ptushkin to be shown in cinemas". Obozrevatel. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  5. ↑ Григоренко, Марина (2024-02-23). "Про людей і тварин: Антон Птушкін показав трейлер свого першого фільму для великих екранів". УНІАН Lite . Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  6. ↑ Морозов, Олексій (2024-02-23). "Дивіться трейлер документального фільму про тварин під час війни від Антона Птушкіна". The Village Україна . Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  7. ↑ Горлач, Поліна (2024-02-22). ""Ми, наші улюбленці та війна": оголосили стрічку — відкриття кінофестивалю Doc Kyiv Fest". Суспільне Культура . Retrieved 2024-02-24.

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