Don't Worry, the Doors Will Open (2019)

Original title

Не хвилюйся, двері відчиняться

Directed by

Oksana Karpovych

Genre

documentary film

Country

Ukraine, Canada

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The documentary follows poor and working-class commuters in and around Kyiv as they ride Soviet-era electric trains. It observes their daily routines and interactions on this aging transit system.

observationalcontemplativequotidianintimateslow-pacedlow-keyempatheticnostalgic

What happens

Don't Worry, the Doors Will Open (Ukrainian: «Не хвилюйся, двері відчиняться», romanized: Ne khvyliujsia, dveri vidchyniatsia) is a Ukrainian-Canadian documentary film, directed by Oksana Karpovych and released in 2019. The film centres on the Soviet-era electrichka trains that are still in operation in and around Kyiv, and the poor and working-class commuters who still use them on a regular basis. The film premiered at the 2019 Montreal International Documentary Festival, where it won the New Vision Award. In 2020 it was screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and at DocuDays UA in Ukraine. The film was a nominee for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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