I Stumble Every Time I Hear From Kyiv

Program:

National Competition

Year:

2022

Country:

Ukraine, Belgium, Portugal, Hungary

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

17ʼ

"I'm speechless" is a familiar expression when the reality of war is so shocking that language seems unable to comprehend it. Once the full-scale Russia's invasion into Ukraine began, Daryna was in Brussels at her studies. In the spring of 2022, when chestnuts are blooming both in Brussels and in her native Kyiv, Daryna begins to work on a film based on conversations and video exchanges with a friend in Kyiv. At the same time, she is overwhelmed with the question, if making a film about war, how to talk about a wound that is unhealed and will be lasting for a long time?

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Daryna Mamaisur

Daryna Mamaisur is a visual artist and filmmaker, born in Kyiv, Ukraine. In her practice, she combines theoretical research, filmmaking and photography. Her main focus lies in the transformations of landscape and public spaces in relation to visual culture and memory. Her two recent films were a personal journey around distance, migration and fragility within the language when it comes to describing the shocking reality of the war.

In 2022, she graduated from the DocNomads, a joint master’s program in documentary filmmaking, based in Lisbon, Budapest and Brussels. Her films and video works were screened in art exhibitions and participated in international film festivals such as Kassel Dokfest, Visions du Réel, FIDMarseille, DOK Leipzig and others.

Filmography: Smoke of the Fire (2023), I Stumble Every Time I Hear From Kyiv (2022), Sometimes It’s Cool, Sometimes It’s Not (2021), Revenge Comes First (2015)

Creative team

Director

Daryna Mamaisur

Camera

Shaheen Ahmed, Daryna Mamaisur, Tetiana Usova

Editing

Daryna Mamaisur

Producer

DocNomads, Daryna Mamaisur

Production

DocNomads

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