BEAST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 27.09 — 01.10.2023

One Aloe, One Ficus, One Avocado and Six Dracaenas

SYNOPSIS

SINOPSE

There are a washing machine wrapped in tape, meter-long indoor plants with roots and children's drawings among the hundreds of boxes on which addresses of Ukrainian cities are written. This place resembles a warehouse of lost things. People begin to appear in the so-called warehouse, taking their pieces of home in the form of parcels. Some are filled with joy, others with sadness. Meanwhile a woman's voice questions, does the loss of belongings matter?

BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAFIA

Marta Smerechynska is a documentary filmmaker and actress. After graduating from I. K. Karpenko-Kary University in Kyiv in 2019, she was a participant of documentary directing programs at L’Université d’été at La Femis in Paris and the Polish-French Film Academy Kinographe. Marta's documentary feature debut "Diary of a Bride of Christ" premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival in August 2022. Currently, she is pursuing a DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree.

Official Competition
East Doc

Marta Smerechynska

France, Ukraine

2022

DOC.

08'00

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