- Source: Photophobia (film)
Photophobia is a 2023 docudrama film written and directed by Ivan Ostrochovský, and Pavol Pekarčík. It premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar, in which it won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. A co-production between Slovakia, Czech Republic and Ukraine, it was shot in Ukraine during the Russian invasion.
The film was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
Plot
The daily life of a Ukrainian family who live in the tunnels of the Kharkiv subway station to protect themselves from the Russian bombings.
Cast
Nikita Tyshchenko as Niki
Viktoriia Mats as Vika
Yana Yevdokymova as Niki's mother
Yevhenii Borshch as Niki's stepfather
Anna Tyshchenko as Anya, Niki's sister
Vitaly Pavlovitch as Cowboy
Accolades
Photophobia won the Youth Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 22d International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights.
See also
List of Slovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
External links
Photophobia at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Photophobia (film)
- 80th Venice International Film Festival
- Surya vs Surya
- List of Slovak films of the 2020s
- Blepharitis
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival
- Nanette Fabray
- Lisa Bella Donna
- List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
