Mariupol. A Hundred Nights
The animated short film "Mariupol. A Hundred Nights" tells the story of a little girl who wakes up from explosions and tries to survive in a burning city in the first days of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. To escape, she has to go through the destroyed streets, facing the unknown and trusting destiny. Later, as an elderly woman, that once-young girl will return to Mariupol and remember everything.
Country(ies) of (co)production
Ukraine, Germany
Sales Agent
Andrii Palatnyi
Main Contact:
Andrii Palatnyi
Involved Financial Partners
or Funds
Festival of contemporary art "GogolFest"
Director
Sofiia Melnyk
Release Date
21.03.2023
Genre
Documentary animation
Duration
07:27
Creative Team
Story: Sofiia Melnyk & Andrii Palatnyi
Director & illustrator: Sofiia Melnyk
Animators: Sofiia Melnyk, Anastasiia Falileieva
Idea and curator: Andrii Palatnyi
Co-authors of the project “Belief Matters”: Christine Dissmann & Anton Telbizov
Music: Stus: Passerby, song "Wheels" ("Kolesa")
Composer: Volodymyr Rudenko
Vocal & instruments: Sofia Baskakova, Ihor Dymov & Volodymyr Rudenko
Poetry: Vasyl Stus “Кolesa hlukho stukotiat”, “Meni zdaietsia, shcho zhyvu ne ya...”
English translation: Olexander Fraze-Frazenko
Sound design: Marius Kirsten, Luis Schöffend
Photo of CCA Hotel Continental: Anatolii Kinashchuk
Photo from the personal diary of Egor Kravtsov: Evgeny Sosnovskyi
Subtitles in English: Mariia Yakovenko, Alina Danylova
Coordinator: Viktoriia Fedoriv