Under the Yellow Sky
Date:
December 15, 2022
Under the Yellow Sky
Under the Yellow Sky
by Marina Nazarenko
Undi Tead Ou | Estonia
Cinema sound productions | Ukraine
Fenixfilm Ltd | Latvia
Documentary | 2nd feature
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Logline
The film “Under the Yellow Sky” is a documentary story about the life and survival of civilians in a frontline city during a full-scale war, their cohesion, resilience, and the desperately fast growing up of children at the peak of frontline activity.
Synopsis
There is a thick curtain of yellow smoke over the city of Zaporizhia. The air is critically polluted by hazardous emissions from industrial enterprises. The front line is 45 kilometers away. All state resources are thrown into military defense, the ecology is in decline. Zaporizhia is daily subjected to attacks by the Russian army using air bombs, ballistic missiles, drones. Air raid sirens sound in the city almost around the clock. Residents of the frontline city of Zaporizhia are trying to live in conditions of constant shelling and catastrophically polluted air, finding motivation for their lives in their children, in continuous assistance to the military. When the front line is so close – every resident of the city today is a volunteer.
Director’s Profile
Maryna Nazarenko is a Ukrainian scriptwriter and film director, graduated from Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts with a degree in Film and TV Production:
2009 – 2014 Director (Master’s degree)
2003 – 2007 TV Journalist (Bachelor)
She worked as a journalist, screenwriter, and TV show director for major Ukrainian television companies as STARLIGHT MEDIA PRODUCTION(2008 – 2017),1+1 MEDIA PRODUCTION (2017-2018),4K PRODUCTION(2018 – 2019)
Due to the Russian-Ukrainian war, she was forced to temporarily move to a safe country.Currently director is splitting her time between Ukraine and Latvia and continues to create her films about Ukraine.
Company Profile
Fenixfilm is film company established 2004.
PRODUCTIONS
2023 Women without man , documentary, dir. Maryna Nazarenko
2023 Girls of 1960, documentary, dir Una Celma
2022 NEON SPRING, feature film, director Matiss Kaza, Latvia, distribution Magnolia films international
2022 SISTERS, feature film, director Linda Olte, Latvia ,Italy (HBO Europa) prizes as best feature
Warsaw film festival, Bolzano film festival, Golden Linden IFF
2019 WHERE THE ROAD LEADS, feature film, director Matiss Kaza, Latvia, Italy
2018 WANDERERS, documentary, Latvia
2018 MEYERHOLDS FLIGHT,SHORT 2018.
2016 ONE TICKET PLEASE, DOCUMENTARY, dir, Matiss Kaza 2016.gads 78 min., Latvia/USA
Distribution FILMDELIGHTS, Austria
Festivals Geteborg IFF, Tempo Stockholma, Krakov Iff, Kerala /India,
Nwe York filmgfestival Winter film festival, Europian film festival EUOFF China, Film festival Milenium Belgium
FLahertiana, Russia, BELDOCS, Serbia
Awards New Doc prize Tempo film festival Sweeden, New Perspective Award, New York
2014 SHORT DAY, documentary 28 min LATVIAN TELEVISION, dir Una Celma
2013 MY FAMILY TREE, DOCUMENTARY 83 min,LATVIA
Jihava IIF baltis Sea docs
2012 MONTH WITH THE WITCHES,docunentary, 97 min
2009 WOMAN AND THE GUARDS, DOCUMENTARY, lATVIA/SWEEDEN, 52 min
Milenim film festival
The man with 150000 USD prize on his head,
Documentary, 30 min.
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2008 FINDING ELVIS, feature film 78 min.director Una Celma
2007 DUNT TALK ABOUT IT
FEATURE FILM, 100 MIN.,
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