WHEN: Sat 17 November 2018, 14:15 – 17:00 GMT
WHERE: Vue Cinema London – Shepherds Bush, West 12 Shopping Centre, London, W12 8PP
Admission: FREE with booking here
Language: Ukrainian with English subtitles
When the Trees Fall (written and directed by Marysia Nikitiuk) is one of Ukraine’s most promising debuts this year, which premiered in Berlinale 2018 and has already won several awards at international festivals. It’s a story of a five-year-old rebellious girl Vitka with her teenage cousin Larysa and her boyfriend, the young criminal Scar, which unfolds in a Ukrainian provincial setting. Larysa finds herself at a crossroads after the death of her father. Yearning to be self-made, the village community ostracizes her for loving Scar. Larysa’s mother is too psychologically weak to support her daughter. Larysa and Scar plan to escape from a life of crime, misery and their relatives. But are they ready to pay the full price for freedom?
WHEN THE TREES FALL
Ukraine / 2018 / 88 min
Written and directed by Marysia Nikitiuk
Produced by Igor Savychenko, Roman Klympush, Volodymyr Filippov, Serge Lavrenyuk, Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, Dariusz Jablonski, Darko Basheski
Director of photography Michal Englert, Mateusz Wichlacz
Music by Mykyta Moiseiev
Starring Anastasia Pustovit, Sofia Khalaimova, Maksym Samchyk, Maria Svizhinska, Petro Pastukhov, Mariia Trepikova, Yevgenii Grygoriev
PRESENTATION:
The film will be presented by the lead actress Anastasia Pustoviyt.
This screening is part of the Ukrainian Film Days in London, co-organised by the Kyiv IFF Molodist and the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine, aimed at promoting Ukrainian culture and cinema. The event takes place November 17-18.