Russian attack destroys house in Donetsk Oblast where Ukrainian documentary The Earth is Blue as an Orange was filmed
The house belonging to a large family, who became the protagonists of the documentary The Earth Is Blue as an Orange by Ukrainian filmmaker Iryna Tsilyk, has been destroyed in the settlement of Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast.
The film portrays the lives of 36-year-old Hanna and her four children, who live in Donbas amid ongoing military operations and bombardments. Despite the hardships, the family remains optimistic, striving to live their lives and document their experiences during the war.
"The home of my friends from Krasnohorivka is gone. This is the family and the house I made my film about. Their neighbour, who lived under fire until the end, made it out, walked 10 kilometres and told them: 'Our houses are gone'.
In my mind, I'm going through all the other items, walking around the house I know so well – the one I used to know," Iryna Tsilyk posted on her Facebook page.
Iryna says the family last visited their house a few days before the full-scale invasion. At present, Hanna and her children have been living in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius for over two years.
Background:
- The documentary premiered in 2020 and received many accolades and awards. In particular, the same year, Ukrainian filmmaker Iryna Tsilyk won the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival in the US.
- In 2021, the film won the Cinema Eye award, and in 2023, it received the Shevchenko Prize in Cinematography, Ukraine's highest official creative accolade.
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