Ukrainian anti-war film will get observed at IFFK

Express News Service

One of the notable entries within the International Competition of the continued twenty seventh International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is Ukrainian filmmaker Maryna Er Gorbach’s Klondike. The movie, revolving round a Ukrainian household residing on the Ukraine-Russia border throughout the begin of the battle, has gained quite a few awards throughout the globe, together with at Sundance and Berlin, and is Ukraine’s Official Entry for the ninety fifth Academy Awards (Best International Film).

Oksana Cherkashyna

Actress Oksana Cherkashyna headlines the movie because the central character Irka, a girl who refuses to go away her home regardless of the armed forces’ impending seize of her village. Things get additional difficult by the air crash that occurred on seventeenth July 2014. 

Speaking at IFFK, Oksana remembered the manufacturing of Klondike as a “challenging” expertise as a result of pandemic and the continued battle. Describing it as an “anti-war” movie, she added that the story displays on “the effects of war on human lives, how it changes them, what we should do about it and getting through it.” 

Elaborating additional, Oksana acknowledged that the movie is “dedicated to all women” and identified the significance of placing out a “female perspective” on the battle. “It’s the responsibility of all countries and festivals to speak about the ongoing war in Ukraine. It’s also a moment to create a dialogue because this is not only about the war in Ukraine but also in other places, like what’s happening in Iran, for example— Iranian women fighting for their freedom and lives is also war. So we need to have this kind of dialogue where we can share our experiences, make preparations for what to do next, help end wars and yearn for a war-free world.”

Oksana and co. see Klondike as a medium of protest towards the exponentially rising violence on this planet. “It’s not the usual kind of protest, which is all about strength and power typically associated with the male or masculine form of protest. It’s a new kind of protest or resilience. My protagonist Irka is obsessively loyal to her home and the new life growing inside her. What she is doing during the whole movie is what she knows best—trying to keep her house, give birth, nurture, and be loyal to her life and her newborn. These practices are usually considered suppressive towards a woman, but they can also become a mode of protest. Some people asked me why Irka is not leaving the conflict zone, but for her, it’s normal. What’s not normal is war. She is simply trying to keep her microcosm and the climate around her safe. She just wants to survive.  This is the point of the film.”

One of the notable entries within the International Competition of the continued twenty seventh International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is Ukrainian filmmaker Maryna Er Gorbach’s Klondike. The movie, revolving round a Ukrainian household residing on the Ukraine-Russia border throughout the begin of the battle, has gained quite a few awards throughout the globe, together with at Sundance and Berlin, and is Ukraine’s Official Entry for the ninety fifth Academy Awards (Best International Film).

Oksana CherkashynaActress Oksana Cherkashyna headlines the movie because the central character Irka, a girl who refuses to go away her home regardless of the armed forces’ impending seize of her village. Things get additional difficult by the air crash that occurred on seventeenth July 2014. 

Speaking at IFFK, Oksana remembered the manufacturing of Klondike as a “challenging” expertise as a result of pandemic and the continued battle. Describing it as an “anti-war” movie, she added that the story displays on “the effects of war on human lives, how it changes them, what we should do about it and getting through it.” 

Elaborating additional, Oksana acknowledged that the movie is “dedicated to all women” and identified the significance of placing out a “female perspective” on the battle. “It’s the responsibility of all countries and festivals to speak about the ongoing war in Ukraine. It’s also a moment to create a dialogue because this is not only about the war in Ukraine but also in other places, like what’s happening in Iran, for example— Iranian women fighting for their freedom and lives is also war. So we need to have this kind of dialogue where we can share our experiences, make preparations for what to do next, help end wars and yearn for a war-free world.”

Oksana and co. see Klondike as a medium of protest towards the exponentially rising violence on this planet. “It’s not the usual kind of protest, which is all about strength and power typically associated with the male or masculine form of protest. It’s a new kind of protest or resilience. My protagonist Irka is obsessively loyal to her home and the new life growing inside her. What she is doing during the whole movie is what she knows best—trying to keep her house, give birth, nurture, and be loyal to her life and her newborn. These practices are usually considered suppressive towards a woman, but they can also become a mode of protest. Some people asked me why Irka is not leaving the conflict zone, but for her, it’s normal. What’s not normal is war. She is simply trying to keep her microcosm and the climate around her safe. She just wants to survive.  This is the point of the film.”