Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, January 11:
THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS
Director:
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Premiere:
IDFA 2017
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, San Francisco, Reyjkavik, Göteborg, Hong Kong, DOK.fest Munich, Docaviv, It’s All True, Docs Against Gravity, Docpoint, !f Istanbul, Vilnius
Notable Recognition:
The doc was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
A pre-teen boy lives near the border of the Ukraine/Russian war.
Lereng Wilmont crafts a dual portrait of war and of coming of age through this beautifully realized observational project. For three years, his camera intimately follows Oleg, beginning at the age of ten, as the orphaned boy lives in a small Ukrainian village with his grandmother. Situated close to the war zone, the sounds of war can be heard together with the titular canine calls. As Oleg grows up, his grandmother is less and less able to shield him from the realities of the conflict, including the presence of guns and other weapons of war, leading to a heartbreaking loss of innocence and a corresponding darkening of tone as this well-made film progresses.
