The Earth Is Blue As an Orange
Year: 2020
Country:
UKRAINE, LITHUANIA
Language:
Russian, Ukrainian
Run Time:
74 minutes
Since attending a filmmaking camp with her younger sister, teenager Mira has set her sights on becoming a cinematographer. Now, with the help of her mother, three siblings, grandmother, and aunt, she is making a film about her home in the war-torn region of Ukraine that borders Russia. Named after a line of poetry by the French surrealist Paul Éluard, Iryna Tsilyk’s documentary, THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE, follows the family as they recreate and relive the horrors of the past five years, all while explosions continue to loom in the surrounding areas. Between scenes of the family’s emotional filmmaking process, Tsilyk interweaves fleeting moments of beauty and bliss, from the picturesque Ukrainian hillside, to Mira’s high school graduation, to her acceptance to film school. As Mira’s film nears completion, Tsilyk’s documentary powerfully illustrates the cathartic potential of collaborative art in coping with the harrowing experiences of war. (In Russian and Ukrainian with subtitles) — E.B.
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Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: No
Competitions
Ad Hoc Docs Competition
Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
Director
Iryna Tsilyk
Producers
Anna Kapustina, Giedrė Žickytė
Cinematography
Viacheslav Tsvietkov
Editing
Ivan Bannikov, Iryna Tsilyk
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