Description
Synopsis:
A short film about the decommunization processes in the East of Ukraine.
It reflects how the changes of monuments and regimes affect human beings in their everyday life. Until it finds the culmination of cultural and political borders in one product: the Soviet Champagne. The precarious, war-driven landscape of East-Ukraine and the dreams of financial stability dissolve in the remains of the leisure culture from the past.
Based on research in East Ukraine between 2017–2018.
About the director:
Leri Matehha. Studied Philosophy and Scandinavian studies, before graduating from the Academia of Media Arts. Her short films, such as Because It’s the Middle of March (2017) have been shown at various festivals, including Clermont Ferrand and Image Festival Toronto. Her first feature film Thomas der Hochspringer (2020) premiered at the Rotterdam IFF. Currently working on her second feature-length movie “W” with the support of Wim Wenders Foundation and as a postgrad researcher in Israel with the DAAD grant.