Last Letters from My Grandma
Olga Lucovnicova Belgium 2026 94 min.
In the hope of unraveling a deep-rooted family secret, award-winning filmmaker Olga Lucovnicova travels from Belgium to a remote village, tucked away in the Russian Ural region. Just when she was trying to connect with her estranged family and their shared history, Russia launches another war. Will the voices from the past be silenced once again?
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Olga Lucovnicova won a string of prestigious awards in 2021 for her short documentary Nanu Tudor: not only did she win the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, but the European Film Award for Best Short Film as well. In her first feature-length documentary, she travels with her father to Russia, to the village where her grandmother once lived. They try to get a grip on the old Russian soul that shines through in the letters of her deceased grandmother, a soul that is deeply marked by intergenerational trauma.
Credits
Director
Olga Lucovnicova
Producer
Frederik Nicolai, Annabel Verbeke
Cinematography
Alana Stoefs, Artur Sokolov, Cringuta Pinzaru, Olga Lucovnicova
Editing
Patrick Minks
Sales
Dalton Distribution
Colorist
Xavier Dockx
Co-Producer
Ada Solomon, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Virgiliu Margineunu
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Dialogues
Russian
Subtitling
English