“A halo of kinship, love and the tenacious power of art is gathered around this film.” – The Guardian

THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE

DIR. IRYNA TSILYK |  2020 |  UA, LT

To cope with the daily trauma of living in a war zone, Anna and her children are making a film about their life in the most surreal surroundings.

CREDITS

DIRECTOR

Iryna Tsilyk

PRODUCERS

Anna Kapustina, Albatros Communicos (UA)

Giedrė Žickytė, Moonmakers (LT)

CO-PRODUCER

Viacheslav Tsvetkov

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Vytautas Plukas

EDITORS

Ivan Bannikov

Danielius Kokanauskis

Iryna Tsilyk

SOUND DESIGNER

Jonas Maksvytis

INTERNATIONAL SALES

Catherine Le Clef, CAT&Docs (FR)

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

Ukrainian State Film Agency

Lithuanian Film Center 

IDFA Bertha Fund supported by Creative Europe Media Program

TVP

Current Time

B2B Doc

Razom for Ukraine 

AWARDS

Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary (USA) – Directing Award

International Documentary Association Awards (USA) – Best Cinematography

Spotlight Award of Cinema Eye Honors (USA)

Seattle International Film Festival (USA) – Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize

Zinebi – Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival (Spain) – ZIFF Grand Award

Millennium Docs Against Gravity film festival (Poland)– Grand Prix & Best Cinematography Awards

Docudays UA (Ukraine) – DOCU/World and DOCU/Ukraine Award

Artdocfest/Riga (Latvia) – Special Jury Prize

Best Documentary Film of Ukrainian Film Critics Award “Kinokolo”

Biografilm Festival (Italy) – Best Debut (Premia Hera “Nuovi Talenti”)

Dokufest (Kosovo) – Best Human Rights Doc

Al Este Festival de Cine (Peru) – Jury’s Prize for the Best Film

Tallgrass Film Festival (USA) – DoXX Award

ZagrebDox (Croatia) – Movies That Matter Special Prize

Best Documentary Film of Golden Dzyga Awards (Ukraine)

International competition of Underhill Fest (Montenegro) – Special Mention

CineDOC Tbilisi (Georgia) – Special Jury Mention

Reykjavik International Film Festival (Iceland) – Special Mention

Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland) – Special Jury Mention

Verzio Film Festival (Hungary) – Special Mention

Minsk IFF Listapad (Belarus) – Special Mention

Premiers Plans – Angers Film Festival (France) – Special Jury Mention

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