DocNomads film premieres in HotDocs, Canada
The documentary short Under the Wing of a Night by Lesia Diak will have its World Première at the 30th HotDocs Film Festival held in Toronto from April 27 to May 7.
The film is presented as part of "Films that Bring the Victory Closer – Civil Pitch 2.0" Winning Films sponsored by Docudays UA.
By Lesia Diak (Ukraine) • 19' • 2023
Synopsis:
Eleven-year-old Olesia is facing the challenges of her new life in Brussels. Every evening she looks forward for her father's nightly call from back home in Ukraine. Sometimes a scream interrupts Olesia’s sleep. The girl accepts the sounds, textures, language of the new reality, gets disappointed but moves on, just like many other Ukrainian teenagers whom the war caught in different cities. Her mom supports her daughter on this path. But sometimes Olesia is the one who consoles her mother under the wing of the night.