Dear Friends!
We’re thrilled to welcome you to the 14th annual RUSDOCFILMFEST! Our festival is now officially open, and the Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, sends his greeting, which is attached. The festival runs online from October 18 to 24, but there’ll also be one day of screenings in a good old-fashioned physical theater on October 23rd.
Happy viewing!
RUSDOCFILMFEST Team
This documentary had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was the Academy Award nominee for Best documentary film in 2023. The film is about children from a special orphanage in Eastern Ukraine. A small group of social workers is taking care of children who lost their parents in the war. They are trying to create a safe space for children near the front line. The filming of the documentary lasted for more than two years in the Donbas region.
Simon Lereng Wilmont’s “Distance Barking of Docs” received the Grand Prix at the 12th RUSDOCFILMFEST in 2019.
