Divia (2025)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Ukraine, Netherlands, Poland
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A documentary shows how the Russian invasion transforms Ukraine's landscapes from peaceful nature to ruin. Even when spring arrives and life begins to return, the scale of the destruction makes recovery seem distant.
sombermeditativeobservationalslow-pacedpoignantvisually starkcontemplativegrounded
What happens
Divia (Ukrainian: Дівія) is a 2025 documentary film written and directed by Dmytro Hreshko. The film documents Ukraine's transformation from serene natural beauty to devastation under the Russian invasion. With spring, life tentatively reemerges, but the vast destruction offers little hope for swift ecological recovery. An international co-production, the film premiered at 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 6 July 2025. It was nominated for Crystal Globe in the main competition. It had its Regional premiere at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival in August 2025, in the Competition programme - Documentary Film, where it competed for Heart of Sarajevo award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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