It is quiet here.
Year
2022
Length
15:00 min
Genre
Docufiction
Language
Ukrainian
Specs
DCI 4K, colour
Country of production
UA, DE
Production
CUC – Contemporary Ukranian Cinema
Co-production
Plotlessfilm GbR
A young couple is torn from the world for one long night in a hotel room in a town near the border. Tonight, they have agreed not to talk about the war. Completely lost in their small world, they don’t notice when morning comes and forces them back to reality.
Director Novruz Hikmet & Olena Podolianko
Screenplay Novruz Hikmet & Olena Podolianko
Producer Novruz Hikmet, Viktor Shevchenko, Tom Schreiber, Julian Gerchow
Creative Producer Philip Sotnychenko
Cinematography Yarema Malashchuk
Editing Novruz Hikmet & Olena Podolianko
Production manager Viktor Shevchenko
She Lyudmyla Chyrkova
He Maksym Shlenchak
Funding Hessen Film & Media
Festivals Sarajevo International Film Festival 2022, Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival 2022, Odesa International Film Festival 2022, Baku International Short Film Festival 2022, International Short Film Festival Film Front Serbia 2022, Short to the Point 2022, KISFF – Kiev International Film Festival 2022, Filmfest Hamburg 2022, Chicago International REEL shorts Festival 2023, Cologne Short Film Festival 2023, LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt 2023, Filmfest München 2024, etc.
Awards Best Short Film – Batumi Art-House Film Festival, Georgia 2022, Best Regional Short Film – LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt 2023, Best Short Film Golden Dzyga – Ukrainian Film Academy Awards 2023