Hiraeth

Program:

International Competition

Year:

2023

Country:

Canada

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

19ʼ

Sasha, the younger daughter living in the Canadian countryside, welcomes her family to her home after they have recently escaped Ukraine after the outbreak of war. The tension between her family members gradually builds until things reach a breaking point.

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Anastasia Itkina

Anastasia Itkina is a Jewish-Ukrainian writer, producer, artist and film director currently based in Vancouver, BC. After completing her Bachelor’s degree in film production she has been working as a producer on various short format films that have received recognition at VAFF, WFF, Reelworld and other film festivals. Itkina is interested in the themes of the oppressive state and the extent to which our identities have been shaped by the anxieties that have emerged from post-Soviet cultural trauma.

Filmography: A week to Rosh Hashanah (2022), On the Line (2023), Hiraeth (2023

Creative team

Director

Anastasia Itkina

Screenplay

Anastasia Itkina

Camera

Valeriya Khan

Editing

Katerina Stadnik

Sound Design

Ayana Madi, Dmytro Kniazhechenko