Ukraine seen between war and life and Roberto Bolaño …
Mariupolis by Mantas Kvedaravicius, presented at last Berlin Film Festival (Panorama) and the Visions du Reel – International Film Festival Nyon, is selected at the Festival of Lussas – Film Documentary States General (21-27 August). It will be screened on 23 and 24 August.
It’s about a reflection of life in the war: the common, everyday actions, mingle with the madness and violence of the conflict. Try with all forces to have a normal life, even if it seems impossible. Finally ending up in front of delirium in the battle, as in “Godzilla in Mexico” by Roberto Bolaño, the poem that inspired the film.
Collective fresco on the edge of war; the city of Mariupol in Ukraine, resists by arms and a fierce will to live. To the ordinary events intertwine here the war movements, while we are striving in the background, to continue activities in the steel mills and coal mines.
Mantas Kvedaravicius, young director of Lithuanian origin, was remarked out in 2011 with its Barzakh documentary, co-produced by Aki Kaurismäki, and selected in several festivals such as Berlin, Busan, San Sebastian and Vienna. He has won several awards, including the Amnesty International Prize and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the Berlin Festival in 2011.
