PORCELAIN WAR
Preceded by the short film: THE HALFWAY BETWEEN ALL THIS
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best US Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, PORCELAIN WAR is a true documentary gem. Co-directors Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo manage to gracefully capture the dissonance between the horrors of war, the fragile beauty of nature, and artistic practice.
Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, blending the artists they are with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.
- Festivals
- Hot Docs Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival
- Director
- Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev
- Executive Producer
- Al Hicks, Luke Mazzaferro, Rob Galluzzo, Linda A. Cornfield, David J. Cornfield, Sheri Sobrato, Jeffrey Sobrato, Lisa Sobrato Sonsini, Andrea Cayton, Garrett Cayton, Ginny Jordan, Georgia Welles, Robina Riccitiello, Josh Peters, James Balog
- Producer
- Aniela Sidorska, Paula DuPre' Pesmen, Camilla Mazzaferro, Olivia Ahnemann
- Screenwriter
- Aniela Sidorska, Brendan Bellomo, Paula DuPre' Pesmen
- Cinematographer
- Andrey Stefanov
- Editor
- Brendan Bellomo, Aniela Sidorska, Kelly Cameron
- Music
- DakhaBrakha
- Cast
- Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, Andrey Stefanov