The war in Ukraine has lasted for 18 months, with no signs of stopping. But for those living in parts of the country where the battles have been the fiercest, it’s been going on for much longer — more than 9 years, in fact, starting in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea, with separatist forces taking over swaths of the Donbas region in the east.
Director Maryna Er Gorbach’s unsettling and aesthetically gripping fourth feature, Klondike, revisits that harrowing period in recent Ukrainian history from the viewpoint of an expectant couple, Irka (Oksana Cherkashyna) and Tolik (the late Sergiy Shadrin), living in the rural enclave of Hrabove as the nascent war surrounds them on all sides.
If the name Hrabove rings a bell, that’s because the village made world news in July 2014 when a Malaysian airliner tragically crashed there after being shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft missle. That disaster looms large over Klondike,...
Director Maryna Er Gorbach’s unsettling and aesthetically gripping fourth feature, Klondike, revisits that harrowing period in recent Ukrainian history from the viewpoint of an expectant couple, Irka (Oksana Cherkashyna) and Tolik (the late Sergiy Shadrin), living in the rural enclave of Hrabove as the nascent war surrounds them on all sides.
If the name Hrabove rings a bell, that’s because the village made world news in July 2014 when a Malaysian airliner tragically crashed there after being shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft missle. That disaster looms large over Klondike,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If nothing else, Ukrainian director Maryna Er Gorbach’s first solo-helmed feature Klondike can be credited with uncanny timing. A vivid look at an ordinary farming family in the occupied Donbas region of Ukraine, who just happen to have a full wall of their home destroyed by an errant missile, its European premiere at the 2022 Berlinale was followed only days later by Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country, which of course continues unabated. It would be one of the last Ukrainian features to conclude production before the war broke out, a prophetic missive from a country that has stunned the world with its resilience in the face of crisis.
Er Gorbach, who’s based in Istanbul and previously co-directed several features with her spouse Mehmet Bahadir Er, reveals herself as a filmmaker able to conjure an imposing sense of scale, and creditably evoke with massive props (and some post-production...
Er Gorbach, who’s based in Istanbul and previously co-directed several features with her spouse Mehmet Bahadir Er, reveals herself as a filmmaker able to conjure an imposing sense of scale, and creditably evoke with massive props (and some post-production...
- 8/3/2023
- by David Katz
- The Film Stage
Sometimes a single image can be strong enough to support the weight of an entire film, even a film as heavy as Maryna Er Gorbach’s horrifyingly domestic anti-war drama “Klondike,” which fixes its gaze upon a feisty pair of Ukrainian farmers who live along the Russian border. It does so by blowing a giant hole into the side of Tolik (Serhill Shadrin) and Irka’s (Okshana Cherkashyna) house in the opening scene, as an errant mortar shell — misfired by the Kremlin-friendly separatists next door in the middle of the night — obliterates the outer wall of the married couple’s living room as they argue over whether or not to flee Hrabove and raise their unborn child somewhere else.
The exasperated husband wants to avoid conflict at any cost, while his very pregnant wife refuses to abandon their home just because the impotent local men are determined to play war...
The exasperated husband wants to avoid conflict at any cost, while his very pregnant wife refuses to abandon their home just because the impotent local men are determined to play war...
- 8/2/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Klondike Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute This year's Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews will run over the weekend of April 14 to 16.
On the 15th Academy-Award nominated actor Stanley Tucci will present his much-loved 1996 film Big Night followed by a Q&a alongside Joe Russo.
Among the other films screening is Sundance Grand Jury prize-winner Klondike, directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and rom-com charmer Rye Lane.
Events include casting director Margery Simkin who will talk about her craft, while Ita O'Brien, Gemma Bodinetz and Kally Lloyd-Jones will discuss intimacy co-ordination in theatre and film.
Ania Trzebiatowska, Festival Director said: “The idea behind Sands is to create a sense of community and a dialogue between a diverse group of artists and film lovers. We think it’s important to pause and think about not just where we are, but also how we got here, and how to...
On the 15th Academy-Award nominated actor Stanley Tucci will present his much-loved 1996 film Big Night followed by a Q&a alongside Joe Russo.
Among the other films screening is Sundance Grand Jury prize-winner Klondike, directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and rom-com charmer Rye Lane.
Events include casting director Margery Simkin who will talk about her craft, while Ita O'Brien, Gemma Bodinetz and Kally Lloyd-Jones will discuss intimacy co-ordination in theatre and film.
Ania Trzebiatowska, Festival Director said: “The idea behind Sands is to create a sense of community and a dialogue between a diverse group of artists and film lovers. We think it’s important to pause and think about not just where we are, but also how we got here, and how to...
- 4/7/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sundance Film Festival added several new titles, including a documentary about NBA star Stephen Curry and A24’s sentimental drama “Past Lives,” to its 2023 lineup.
Other newest inclusions are “Beyond Utopia,” a documentary about families escaping oppression, as well as feature films including “Earth Mama” and Flora and Son,” which will screen in the premieres section. “Stephen Curry: Underrated” will play in the special screenings section.
This year’s Sundance Film Festival will take place from Jan. 19-29 in Utah, marking its first return to Park City since the pandemic.
Sundance is also hosting encore screenings of “Coda,” which premiered at the 2021 virtual festival and won the Oscar for best picture, as well as “Klondike,” “Navalny” and “Summer of Soul.” It will be the first time those Sundance award winners will screen at the festival in person, with many of the filmmakers in attendance for post-screening panels. Those films were...
Other newest inclusions are “Beyond Utopia,” a documentary about families escaping oppression, as well as feature films including “Earth Mama” and Flora and Son,” which will screen in the premieres section. “Stephen Curry: Underrated” will play in the special screenings section.
This year’s Sundance Film Festival will take place from Jan. 19-29 in Utah, marking its first return to Park City since the pandemic.
Sundance is also hosting encore screenings of “Coda,” which premiered at the 2021 virtual festival and won the Oscar for best picture, as well as “Klondike,” “Navalny” and “Summer of Soul.” It will be the first time those Sundance award winners will screen at the festival in person, with many of the filmmakers in attendance for post-screening panels. Those films were...
- 1/4/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
In yet another sign of the continued resilience and determination of the Ukrainian people, the fifth edition of the Ukrainian National Film Critics Circle Award, dubbed Kinokolo, pressed ahead with its ceremony on Thursday, in spite of an ongoing war in the country.
The ceremony was held in a bunker in Kyiv and broadcasted live on national public TV channel Suspilne Kultura from the underground studio, remarkably just days after Russian airstrikes targeted key infrastructure in the capital city and destroyed 30 of the country’s power stations, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Local film critics recognized projects such as Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk’s Cannes Director’s Fortnight title Pamfir, Maryna Er Horbach’s Klondike and Natalka Vorozhbyt’s Are you Ok?
Pamfir, a drama about a man who faces small town corruption in Western Ukraine after returning from working abroad, came away with the most awards, nabbing Best Feature Film and...
The ceremony was held in a bunker in Kyiv and broadcasted live on national public TV channel Suspilne Kultura from the underground studio, remarkably just days after Russian airstrikes targeted key infrastructure in the capital city and destroyed 30 of the country’s power stations, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Local film critics recognized projects such as Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk’s Cannes Director’s Fortnight title Pamfir, Maryna Er Horbach’s Klondike and Natalka Vorozhbyt’s Are you Ok?
Pamfir, a drama about a man who faces small town corruption in Western Ukraine after returning from working abroad, came away with the most awards, nabbing Best Feature Film and...
- 10/21/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
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Safe Place, the feature debut of Croatian writer-director-star Juraj Lerotić was the big winner at the 2022 Sarajevo Film Festival, winning the Heart of Sarajevo prize for best feature film as well as best acting honors for Lerotić.
A critical favorite of the 28th Sarajevo festival, Safe Place is a devastating, and autobiographical, family drama featuring Lerotić as a man trying to save his younger, depressed brother from committing suicide.
“It’s hard to do a movie about the loss of a person close to you, but I processed it as much as possible before the shooting,” Lerotić told The Hollywood Reporter. “As an author, it fascinates me in some way that the horror that happened to me and my family is even possible. Until that event, I did not know that things could get out of control so quickly, so radically…I wrote it out of a reflex.
Safe Place, the feature debut of Croatian writer-director-star Juraj Lerotić was the big winner at the 2022 Sarajevo Film Festival, winning the Heart of Sarajevo prize for best feature film as well as best acting honors for Lerotić.
A critical favorite of the 28th Sarajevo festival, Safe Place is a devastating, and autobiographical, family drama featuring Lerotić as a man trying to save his younger, depressed brother from committing suicide.
“It’s hard to do a movie about the loss of a person close to you, but I processed it as much as possible before the shooting,” Lerotić told The Hollywood Reporter. “As an author, it fascinates me in some way that the horror that happened to me and my family is even possible. Until that event, I did not know that things could get out of control so quickly, so radically…I wrote it out of a reflex.
- 8/21/2022
- by Stjepan Hundic
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Eight films battled it out in competition at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, but Austrian director Sebastian Meise’s jury—including French director Lucile Hadžihalilović , Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Serbian actor Milan Marić and Israeli producer Katriel Schory—spread the love quite widely.
By far the critics’ darling, Juraj Lerotić’s powerful suicide drama Safe Place was a popular choice for the big winner, with plaudits for Berlin/Sundance title Klondike and Cannes favorite Corsage.
The winners were…
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film
Safe Place, dir: Juraj Lerotić (Croatia)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director
Maryina Er Gorbach, dir: Klondike (Ukraine/Turkey)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress
Vicky Krieps, Corsage (Austria/Luxembourg/Germany/France)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor
Juraj Lerotić, Safe Place (Croatia)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film
Museum of the Revolution, Srđan Keča
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Documentary Film
We,...
By far the critics’ darling, Juraj Lerotić’s powerful suicide drama Safe Place was a popular choice for the big winner, with plaudits for Berlin/Sundance title Klondike and Cannes favorite Corsage.
The winners were…
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film
Safe Place, dir: Juraj Lerotić (Croatia)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director
Maryina Er Gorbach, dir: Klondike (Ukraine/Turkey)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress
Vicky Krieps, Corsage (Austria/Luxembourg/Germany/France)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor
Juraj Lerotić, Safe Place (Croatia)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film
Museum of the Revolution, Srđan Keča
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Documentary Film
We,...
- 8/20/2022
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The film has now won big at Sarajevo and Locarno.
Juraj Lerotic’s Croatian drama Safe Place was the big winner at Sarajevo Film Festival this evening (Friday 19), taking the prizes for best feature film and best actor for Lerotic.
The film continued its success from its debut at Locarno Film Festival earlier this month, where it won the best first feature award.
Scroll down for the full list of feature winners.
Safe Place stars Lerotic as a forty-something man who tries to save his depressed younger sibling from suicidal tendencies over the course of a single day.
Ukrainian filmmaker...
Juraj Lerotic’s Croatian drama Safe Place was the big winner at Sarajevo Film Festival this evening (Friday 19), taking the prizes for best feature film and best actor for Lerotic.
The film continued its success from its debut at Locarno Film Festival earlier this month, where it won the best first feature award.
Scroll down for the full list of feature winners.
Safe Place stars Lerotic as a forty-something man who tries to save his depressed younger sibling from suicidal tendencies over the course of a single day.
Ukrainian filmmaker...
- 8/19/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Whoopi Goldberg will often poke fun at some of the conversation topics on “The View,” but on Wednesday’s show, she pretty much just checked out completely. At one point, she even started playing with a laser pointer.
Things really started going downhill for the moderator early, as the second segment of the show was focused on Klondike’s recently announced discontinuation of the ice cream treats known as Choco Tacos. On this topic, host Sara Haines was passionate, chiding Klondike for “dropping it into my news feed like it meant nothing to them,” and mourning the loss of the snack. Guest host — though reportedly soon to be permanent host — Alyssa Farah Griffin backed Haines, but Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar admitted they’d never had a Choco Taco before.
As the conversation continued, the camera repeatedly cut back to Whoopi, who looked equal parts unimpressed and exasperated by the trajectory of the segment,...
Things really started going downhill for the moderator early, as the second segment of the show was focused on Klondike’s recently announced discontinuation of the ice cream treats known as Choco Tacos. On this topic, host Sara Haines was passionate, chiding Klondike for “dropping it into my news feed like it meant nothing to them,” and mourning the loss of the snack. Guest host — though reportedly soon to be permanent host — Alyssa Farah Griffin backed Haines, but Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar admitted they’d never had a Choco Taco before.
As the conversation continued, the camera repeatedly cut back to Whoopi, who looked equal parts unimpressed and exasperated by the trajectory of the segment,...
- 7/27/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
The Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled its competition line-up for this year’s festival, with Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage and Ukrainian helmer Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s documentary ‘Liturgy Of Anti-Tank Obstacles’ selected in the feature film and documentary categories respectively.
A total of 51 films will compete for the fest’s coveted Heart Of Sarajevo awards across four competition sections: feature films, documentary, short and student film. The selection includes 20 world premieres, eight international premiers, one European premiere, 21 regional premiers and one Bosnia & Herzegovina premiere.
Additional titles featured in the main competition program this year include Aida Begić’s A Ballad, Dominik Mencej’s Riders and Ukrainian-Turkish production Klondike. In the documentary section, Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, whose film Pamfir played in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight earlier this year, will see his Liturgy Of Anti-Tank Obstacles doc have its world premiere in the section.
The program was open for films and filmmakers from Albania, Armenia, Austria,...
A total of 51 films will compete for the fest’s coveted Heart Of Sarajevo awards across four competition sections: feature films, documentary, short and student film. The selection includes 20 world premieres, eight international premiers, one European premiere, 21 regional premiers and one Bosnia & Herzegovina premiere.
Additional titles featured in the main competition program this year include Aida Begić’s A Ballad, Dominik Mencej’s Riders and Ukrainian-Turkish production Klondike. In the documentary section, Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, whose film Pamfir played in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight earlier this year, will see his Liturgy Of Anti-Tank Obstacles doc have its world premiere in the section.
The program was open for films and filmmakers from Albania, Armenia, Austria,...
- 7/21/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
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