Mattias Bavré
Zlata
Edition 2023
50'
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2023
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Documentary
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Dialogue:
Ukrainian, Dutch, English
Director:
Mattias Bavré
Composer:
Matthias Dewilde
With:
Zlata Levkovych, Iryna Levkovych, Martin Levkovych, Petro Levkovych
Bavré's feature debut is a remarkable portrait of a talented teenager living between heartbreaking homesickness for her homeland Ukraine and the mixed feelings caused by her adolescence.
In 2021, 12-year-old Zlata fled the war in her home country, Ukraine. Together with her mother and younger brother, she ended up in Ghent, Belgium, where she was initially taken in by filmmaker Mattias. Step by step, Zlata discovers her new environment, while missing her beloved cat Findus, who stayed behind in Ukraine along with her father Petro. Awaiting her father's uncertain arrival, how does Zlata cope with her changing environment? And will Zlata ever see her cat Findus again?
This impressive documentary, with its striking minimalistic and poetic approach, shows a face of the war that is often left unseen: that of how children and teenagers navigate through a tragedy that demands them to be stronger and more mature than they ever should be at their ages.
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Credits
Director
Mattias Bavré
Composer
Matthias Dewilde
With
Zlata Levkovych, Iryna Levkovych, Martin Levkovych, Petro Levkovych
Scenario
Mattias Bavré
Director of Photography
Mattias Bavré, Jolke Van Aerde
Editor
Elias Grootaers
Producer
Peter Brosens
Co-Producer
Mattias Bavré
Production studios
Bo Films BVBA
Distributor
Bo Films BVBA
More information
Dialogue
Ukrainian, Dutch, English
Countries of production
Belgium
Year
2023
Filmography
Mattias Bavré
Inner Playgrounds (short, 2018), Taking Cover (short, 2018), Sirius (short, 2018), Nog een beetje kunnen zien (short, 2019), Aerodrome (short, 2019), Z bratem (short, 2021), Zlata (2023)
