Ukraine Solidarity ONLINE Screening #5 + #6 / Alina Gorlova, “This Rain Will Never Stop”, “No Obvious Signs”

This Wednesday 09.03 and Thursday 10.03 at 20:00 we warmly invite you to join us at the online screenings of two feature films by Ukrainian documentalist Alina Gorlova. All the raised funds are transferred directly to Alina Gorlova and her team who are currently helping with humanitarian aid in Kyiv.

• 09.03, 20:00 / Ukraine Solidarity Online Screening #5 •

•••This Rain Will Never Stop, 2020, dir. Alina Gorlova•••
Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar
documentary, 102 min

This Rain Will Never Stop takes the audience on a powerful, visually arresting journey through humanity’s endless cycle of war and peace. The film follows 20-year-old Andriy Suleyman as he tries to secure a sustainable future while navigating the human toll of armed conflict. From the Syrian civil war to strife in Ukraine, Andriy’s existence is framed by the seemingly eternal flow of life and death.

The film has participated in about 60 festivals all over the globe. It was awarded the Best Feature Length Documentary at Festival dei Popoli in Italy, Best First Appearance at IDFA, the Netherlands and many more.

• 10.03, 20:00 / Ukraine Solidarity Online Screening #6 •

•••“No Obvious Signs”, 2018, dir. Alina Gorlova•••
documentary, 64 min

What is left backstage of the heroic videos of the warriors in Ukraine? What do they have to face, one on one, in peaceful life, and where does the war stop?
This is the story of the woman who returns from war. Talking to psychologists, battling her PTSD and panic attacks, she tries hard to get back to normal life. The documentary shows her path from the beginning of her rehabilitation till her going back to work.
Today in Ukraine we are facing the global problem. Hundreds of Ukrainian warriors come back from the war and they don't get psychological help to avoid post traumatic stress disorder. They stay alone with their heavy and suicidal thoughts.

The film has won multiple awards, including the MDR film award for outstanding Eastern European Movie at DokLeipzig 2018.

Alina Gorlova is a director and film editor. Born and raised in Ukraine, she graduated from Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film & Television. In addition to her focus as a documentary director, Alina is also experienced in making fiction shorts, and social and commercial ads. In 2016, she completed her first feature-length documentary, Kholodny Yar. Intro, which screened at the Odesa IFF (Ukraine) and Artdocfest (Moscow, Russia). Alina was a 2019 Berlinale Talents participant.

Tickets (pay as much as you can, minimum price 10 EUR; the ticket is valid for both screenings, on 09.03 and 10.03)