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    • NTC Award Ceremony
      New Talent Competition gives young filmmakers from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe the opportunity to present their outstanding debut or second film to the public. Join us on Sunday 1 December at 19h
    • Music at ENFF
      The Eastern Neighbours Film Festival welcomes special musical guests each year to enrich our program. For this 16th edition, we’re thrilled to present two talented young musicians: guitarist Antonio Peršak (CR) and violinist İdil Yunkuş (TR). Together, they will perform a traditional Balkan dance and folk song, highlighting the beauty of this music through the… Read more: Music at ENFF
    • Masterclass with Janez Burger
      This masterclass presents a unique opportunity to explore Burger's distinct storytelling style, genre use, and exploration of contemporary social issues. Join us on Saturday 30 November at 17h - Room 5
    • Panel Discussion: Exploration of individual and collective memory in cinema
      Panel Discussion: Exploration of individual and collective memory in cinema on Friday 29 November at 18h

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

To cope with the daily trauma of living in the Ukraine warzone, Anna and her children are making a film together about their life in the most surreal surroundings. Sundance-awarded documentary that shows how much power can art have in a wartime.

Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home as a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. The creative process raises the question of what kind of power the magical world of cinema could have during times of disaster. How to picture war through fiction? For Anna and the children, transforming trauma into a work of art is the ultimate way to stay human.

ZEMLIA BLAKYTNA NIBY APEL’SYN 

Ukraine, Lithuania | 2020 | 74 min

DIRECTOR: Iryna Tsilyk

PRODUCTION: Anna Kapustina – Albatros Communicos Ukraine; Giedre Zickyte – Moonmakers

CAST: Ganna, Olena and Olga Gladka, Myroslava, Anastasiia and Vladyslav Trofymchuk, Stanislav Gladky, Danylo Dydenko

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Viacheslav Tsvietkov

EDITING: Ivan Bannikov, Danielius Kokanauskis

SOUND: Jonas Maksvytis

SCREENING: Saturday 23 April, 14:45 hours, Zaal 1

Special guests: Vocal ensemble “Chervoni Korali” & Nataliya Malhanova

FESTIVALS & AWARDS (SELECTION) 

Sundance Film Festival, 2020 – Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary | Seattle International Film Festival, 2020 – Grand Jury Prize: Documentary Competition | IDFA, 2020 | Berlinale, 2020 | European Film Awards, 2020 | Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2020 | CPH:DOX, 2020 | ZagrebDox, 2021 – Movies That Matter Award