While the armed conflicts on the Ukrainian front have become a traumatizing everyday reality, out of necessity new structures of care have developed among Ukrainian society. As a contemporary document, this film looks at unseen moments of care work - continuous attempts to restore respect and security to people who have been violently deprived of them.
Direction
Rechinsky's invisible camera earns impossible intimacy
Editing
Glances and silences speak louder than any narration could
Director
Juri Rechinsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rechinsky developed this through Ukraine's DocuDays network, a festival that transformed into a frontline distribution system when Russia invaded.
The title references a common Ukrainian term of endearment used by caregivers—stripping it of irony to reveal its desperate necessity in wartime.
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