The Distant Barking of Dogs (2017)

Directed by

Simon Lereng Wilmont

Genre

documentary film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

N-13

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 10-year-old Ukrainian boy named Oleg lives with his grandmother near the front lines of the war in eastern Ukraine. Over the course of a year, the film shows how the conflict reshapes his daily life and his understanding of the world around him.

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What happens

The Distant Barking of Dogs (Danish: Olegs krig) is a 2017 documentary film produced by Monica Hellström, and directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont. The film, set in Hnutove near Mariupol, follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year during the War in Donbas. Through Oleg's perspective, the film examines what it means to grow up in a war zone. The film premiered at the 2017 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, where it won the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. The family documented in the film subsequently fled following the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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