Shelter
Sjors Swierstra, Ivanna Khitsinska Belgium, The Netherlands 2025 25 min.
Get an intimate look inside a Ukrainian bunker. You will experience the fragile conversations between pregnant women in an underground maternity ward in Kyiv, the heartbreaking funeral of a soldier and get to see how officers in barracks prepare to go to the front. Among the highlights is the breathtaking performance of a symphony orchestra in a basement in Kharkiv.
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Directors Sjors Swierstra and Ivanna Khitsinska allow you to step into the world of the Ukrainian people with this VR screening. Shelter depicts the shared humanity in war bunkers and is a critical reflection on the repercussions of war.
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The screening of 27.03 at 6.00 pm is a special premiere of the film in the Cinema ZED cinema, with explanation and support by the directors.
Credits
Director
Sjors Swierstra, Ivanna Khitsinska
Producer
Justin Karten, Bram Crols, Ivanna Khitsinska
Production company
Scopic, Associate Directors, Malanka Studios
Cinematography
Artem Baburin
Editing
Eduardo Hernández
Music
Michiel de Malsche
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Dialogues
Ukrainian
Subtitling
English