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Porcelain War (2024)

Porcelain War poster
Directed by
Slava Leontyev, Brendan Bellomo
Genre
documentary film
Country
Australia, Ukraine, United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Ukrainian artists try to maintain their creative lives and protect their culture during the Russian invasion. The film follows their daily struggles and small acts of defiance as war reshapes their world.

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What happens

Porcelain War (Ukrainian: «Порцелянова війна», romanized: Portselianova viyna) is a 2024 documentary film directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev. It won the 2024 Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize and follows the experience of Ukrainian artists as they face the current Russian occupation in Ukraine. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize. At the 97th Academy Awards it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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