Jeff Bliumis – sculptor, creator of the festival Grand Prix. His work has been exhibited internationally at various venues, including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Centre d’Art Contemporain in Meymac, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and others.
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.
