SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH
Denmark, France, Sweden, Ukraine 2024 – Director: Olha Zhurba – Original language: Russian, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English – Length: 95 min.
A misty landscape. A call to the emergency services: “These sounds, are they…?” After a moment: “Yes. It is war.” It creeps in very slowly and then there is a collective acceleration: escape. Then the work begins: everyday life. Beside the frontline, in the bakery, in rehab. Life in, with and after the war. Elena Álvarez Lutz
Content warning: This film deals with war.
Biography
Olha Zhurba lives in Kyiv, where she studied at the University of Film and Theater. After commercial productions, she began her first feature-length documentary film in 2014 and works as an editor and editing consultant. She takes her camera to the streets of Kyiv every day.
Filmography (selection)
OUTSIDE, UA, DK, NL 2022, 79 min.
No youth rating
English/Original Title: PISNI ZEMLI, SHCHO POVILNO HORYT. Writer: Olha Zhurba. Camera: Volodymyr Usyk, Viacheslav Tsvietkov, Misha Lubarsky. Sound: Pavlo Melnyk. Editing: Michael Aaglund. Music: Yaroslav Tatarchenko. Production: MOON MAN. Producer: Darya Bassel. Co-Producers: Anne Köhnck (Final Cut for Real, Denmark), Kerstin Übelacker (We have a plan, Sweden), Arte France, Film i Skåne, Sweden. International Sales: Filmotor.
