IDFA in Groningen
It's not what you look at, it's what you see
Wednesday 19th to Sunday November 23rd.
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in Groningen is the perfect opportunity to see next year documentary hits on the big screen.
- Doc
- IDFA
Silent Flood
Country
Oekraïne, Duitsland
Year
2025
Language
Oekrains gesproken, English subtitles
Director
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Duration
90 min
For decades, members of a pacifist, traditional religious community have been living in isolation along the Dniester River in western Ukraine. Their peaceful existence has often been disrupted by the fluctuating levels of the river, but since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, their way of life has come under pressure from a far greater threat.
The first part of Silent Flood shows beautiful, poetic images of their idyllic surroundings. The farmers, who split from the Amish in the distant past, work the land with horse and cart, their children play or do laundry in the river, and in the evening families dine by candlelight—there is no electricity. The film then leaves the village, following a special shipment to the front.
When the lens shifts from the community to the Ukrainian soldiers longing for home, we see how, under the pressure of war, the two worlds converge. The peace-loving farmers find a way of their own to contribute. Without ever showing a soldier in combat, the film offers a unique perspective on a country and its people at war.
Agenda
There are no new dates planned (yet) for Silent Flood.
