Filmmaking in Exile 2025 – films about filmmaking far from home
TIME TO THE TARGET
Lettland, Tschechische Republik, Ukraine 2025 – Director: Vitaly Mansky – Original language: Ukrainian – Subtitles: English – Length: 179 min.
In grand, cinematic images, this film shows us what life is like when war becomes normality. Everyday scenes are captured in a very subtle way. Passers by taking selfies are contrasted with memorials and funerals. A military orchestra accompanies the imagery. We ask ourselves: how long can things carry on like this? Daniela Graf
Biography
Vitaliy Manskiy, who grew up in Lviv, studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. Following the annexation of Crimea, he moved from Russia to Riga in 2014. His works have been shown at more than 500 festivals and have received over 100 awards.
Filmography (selection)
GORBACHEV. HEAVEN, CZ/LV 2020, 100 min.
PUTIN’S WITTNESSES, LV/CH/CZ/RU/DE/FR 2018, 102 min.
TRUBA, RU/DE/ CZ 2013, 116 min.
In cooperation with
No youth rating
English/Original Title: CHAS PIDLOTU. Writer: Vitaly Mansky. Camera: Roman Petrusyak, Aleksey Leskov, Vitaly Mansky. Sound: Jan Čeněk. Editing: Matvey Troshinkin. Production: Vertov. Producer: Natalia Manskaia.
