UCRAINA – 2021 – DCP – colore – 111’

CREDITS:

Direction: Solomiya Tomaschuk
Screenplay: Solomiia Tomashchuk, Yurii Dunai
Cinematography: Yurii Dunai
Montaggio: Yurii Khobust
Editing: Jurij Grigorovich
Music: Anton Baibakov
Costumes: Kostiantyn Kravets
Cast: Anastasia Pustovit (Sasha), Irma Vitovska (Anya), Dmytro Sova (Zakhar), Yevhen Yefremov (Pasha), Mykhailo Dziuba (Igor), Serhiy Detyuk (investigatore Roman), Yevhenii Lamakh (investigatore Olezha), Hannusya Yarmolenko (Katya), Andree Saminin (avvocato Alexander), Roman Matsyuta  (Mykola), Petro Pastukhov (tatuatore)
Producer: Polina Herman
Production: UP UA Studio

SYNOPSIS

Between Us is the first feature film debut in the genre of psychological thriller. The story is about the choice that has to be made between loved ones and morality when there is no other option for development. The two main characters of the film – Sasha and Anya – are forced to make this choice: Sasha in relation to her own husband, Anya in relation to her son. The drama of the situation is exacerbated when they are involved in crime.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

“It was important for me to tell this story because the focus is on a woman, or rather two women, who are fighting for the right to be heard in the predominantly patriarchal world around. Each of them is pressured by a complicated past, full of violence, betrayal and unlove. I am trying to show how terrible the consequences of unprocessed past traumas can be and how, as a result, they shape the character. This story is about “dislikes” and I know what I’m talking about.”

AWARDS
2021 Seoul International Women’s Film Festival
2022 New York International Women’s Festival: Best Film for a Film Directed by a Woman, Best Script for a Film Directed by a Woman, Best Feature Producer, Best Production Design in a Feature Film, Best Production Design in a Feature Film
2022 Molodist IFF ospitato da Hamburg FF – National Feature Film Competition