Porcelain War - A Film About Ukrainian Resilience and Artistry
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Event Description
Porcelain War is set to be screened at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto on Sunday, April 28th at 5:45PM.
Amidst the chaos and destruction of the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists defiantly find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country. In a war waged by professional soldiers against ordinary civilians, Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, and Andrey Stefanov choose to stay behind, armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the first time in their lives, their guns. Despite daily shelling, Anya finds resistance and purpose in her art, Andrey takes the dangerous journey to get his young family to safety abroad, and Slava becomes a weapons instructor for ordinary people who have become unlikely soldiers. As the war intensifies, Andrey picks up his camera to film their story, and on tiny porcelain figurines, Anya and Slava capture their idyllic past, uncertain present, and hope for the future.
Co-directed by Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo, with extraordinary footage from first-time cinematographer Stefanov, Porcelain War embodies the passion and fight that only an artist can put back into the world when it's crumbling around them.
Your presence would be a powerful demonstration of solidarity in the ongoing fight for Ukrainian freedom and the preservation of its rich cultural heritage and artistic legacy.
Porcelain War will be screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto on Sunday, April 28th at 5:45PM at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King Street West).
Tickets can be purchased through the festival’s website: https://hotdocs.ca/boxoffice/ticket?evtinfo=382963~cf285ddd-dacb-4f18-89b8-1252c6dcffa6&
For more information about the film, you can visit the official website https://www.porcelainwar.com/ or watch the following video about our co-directors, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IaFPLwjrzY
Additionally, you can read about the film’s impact in articles from the Hollywood Reporter, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-sundance-film-festival-winners-1235808128/ and the Sundance Festival blog, https://festival.sundance.org/blogs/porcelain-war-stands-at-the-intersection-of-war-beauty-and-resistance/ .
Event Location
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
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