The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

Director Iryna Tsilyk’s documentary follows a meta-storytelling approach about a single mother and her four children under the siege in Ukraine. As eldest Mira dreams of becoming a cinematographer, the family helps create stylised scenes as the bombs descend in the neighbouring region.

In between the real war, her siblings rehearse lines watching Mira apply to film school. The project covers the trauma of war and how they cope with their mundane existence with the help of a camera working in unison to create a meaning out of a meaningless conflict.

CATEGORY World Cinema Documentary Competition

COUNTRY Ukraine/Lithuania

RUN TIME 74 min

LANGUAGE Russian/Ukrainian

SUBTITLES Yes with English subtitles

COMPANY Albatros Communicos

WEBSITE https://albatrosfilm.net/

EMAIL [email protected]

PHONE +38067538868

Credits

Director	Iryna Tsilyk
Producers	Anna Kapustina Giedrė Žickytė
Cinematography	Viacheslav Tsvetkov
Editor	Ivan Bannikov
Additional Editor	Danielius Kokanauskis
Sound Design	Jonas Maksvytis
Color Grader	Jonas Sunklodas
Production Companies	Albatros Communicos Moonmakers

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