A BIT OF A STRANGER
a film by Svitlana Lishchynska
2024
Director / Script
Svitlana Lishchynska
Producer
Anna Kapustina
Co-producers
Fredrik Lange, Kristina Börjeson
Co-Production
ZDF, Berlin
Vilda Bomben Film, Göteborg
Film i Väst, Trollhättan
Supported by
Swedish Film Institute
International Sales
Film Harbour
Svitlana grew up in Mariupol during the USSR. Seeing how Russia is trying to return her city to the Soviet era, Svitlana explores the history of her family, which now includes four generations of women. Svitlana learns how the communist totalitarian regime destroyed human individuality and made people vulnerable to propaganda for future generations.
FINANCING
Göteborg Film Fund
Deutsche Filmakademie
Goethe-Institut
Saxon Award for the Best Documentary Project by a Female Director
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
the Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program
Support provided by Chicken & Egg Pictures
Ukrainian Institute
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Arte
Swedish Television
LABS / MARKETS / FORUM
B2B DOC
CHANGE 2022 with the support of EAVE / IMS
Leipzig Dok Market 2022 / 2023
Nordisk Panorama Market 2022
Jihlava Market 2022
East Doc Forum 2023
CPH:DOX Forum 2023