The world premiere of the new documentary film ‘Silent Flood’ by Ukrainian director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk will take place at the world’s most prestigious documentary film festival – IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam).
The Ukrainian film has been selected for the festival’s International Competition programme, where it will compete for the top prize alongside twelve other films from around the world. The festival will take place from 13 to 23 November in Amsterdam.
‘Silent Flood’ immerses viewers in the life of a closed religious community living on the banks of the Dniester River – a place where nature and history constantly test human resilience. Their peaceful world is destroyed by regular floods and, later, by full-scale war. The film draws parallels between these two forces – natural and human – showing how recurring disasters shape the memory and shared identity of the community.
“This is a study of the invisible, almost elusive connections between a group of people and their interaction with the environment. I am always drawn to closed places – there I can find people with whom I want to get closer. Silent Flood is a series of frescoes observing the cyclical nature of war, like floods,” says director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk.
The project was created by the Ukrainian company TABOR in co-production with Elemag Pictures and MDR Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, and in collaboration with ARTE. It was developed in partnership with The Other Room, Mellivora, Grace Films, NGO Volunteers of Buchach, MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, ARTE Generation Ukraine, IMS, FRF, Deutsche Filmakademie, Ukrainian Film Academy in cooperation with Netflix, ESFUF, Documenting Ukraine, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna), Docudays UA, Goethe-Institut, and German Films. The international promotion of the project is supported by the Ukrainian Institute and Eurimages.