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Fragments of Ice

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Fragments of Ice
Directed byMaria Stoianova
Written byMaria Stoianova
Produced byMaksym Nakonechnyi
Alina Gorlova
CinematographyMykhailo Stoianov
Edited byViktor Onýsko
Maryna Maikovska
Music byAndrii Dehtiariov
Production
companies
TABOR production
Indie Film
Distributed byArthouse Traffic
Release dates
  • 13 April 2024 (2024-04-13) (Visions du Réel)
  • 26 September 2024 (2024-09-26) (Ukraine)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesUkraine
Norway
LanguagesUkrainian
Russian
English

Fragments of Ice (Ukrainian: Фрагменти льоду) is a 2024 Ukrainian–Norwegian documentary film directed by Maria Stoianova. The film is dedicated to film editor Viktor Onysko, who was killed in 2022 during the Russo-Ukrainian war and did not live to complete work on the film.[1] The film received several awards at the 21st Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.[2] The theatrical release in Ukraine is scheduled for 26 September 2024.

Synopsis

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The film is an essay documentary assembled from fragments of the unique family video archives of a figure skater from the Ukrainian ice ballet ensemble. His daughter, director Maria Stoianova, revisits recordings of her father’s foreign tours from the 1980s and 1990s, mixed with home movies, and shows the contrast between the idealised image of the West and the bleak Soviet reality. Through the prism of personal stories, the historical breaks of the collapse of the USSR and the restoration of Ukraine’s independence acquire new shades in this restrained exploration of resilience, identity and hope that continues into the present day.[3]

Production

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Development and editing

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Work on Fragments of Ice began in 2021. Stoianova set out to explore the “vision of paradise” that her parents and other residents of the Soviet Union had about the “Western world”, and how this vision changed along with the evolution of the socio‑political landscape.[3][4]

By the start of the full‑scale Russian invasion in February 2022 the film was only half edited, and work on it stopped after editor Viktor Onysko was killed in December 2022.[3] Editing was completed by Maryna Maikovska in 2023, and the finished film is dedicated to Onysko’s memory.[1][3] The film was produced by TABOR production and Indie Film with Ukrainian and Norwegian participation.[1]

Crew

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Release

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Festival premiere

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The film had its world premiere on 13 April 2024 at the Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon.[5] A Ukrainian theatrical release is planned for 26 September 2024, with distribution handled by Arthouse Traffic.[4][6]

Awards

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At the 21st Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Fragments of Ice received several awards:[7][8]

  • Critics’ Jury Award (International Competition)
  • Students’ Jury Prize (main prize)
  • Special Mention in the Docu/World competition
  • Main award in the Docu/Ukraine competition

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Pedersen, Lise (11 April 2024). "'Fragments of Ice,' About USSR Dreams of a Western Paradise, Drops Trailer Ahead of Visions du Réel World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Стали відомі переможці конкурсів 21-го кінофестивалю Docudays UA". Radio Svoboda. 7 June 2024. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Kabatsii, Maria (11 April 2024). "Присвячений загиблому захиснику-кінематографісту. Вийшов трейлер фільму "Фрагменти льоду"". Ukrainska Pravda. Zhyttia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 Bobrytskyi, Yehor (11 April 2024). ""You cross the border and start to breathe": trailer for the documentary Fragments of Ice released". DTF Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Fragments of Ice". Visions du Réel. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Great Illusion: a film about a frozen history that started to move". Detektor Media. 25 August 2024. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Docudays UA announced the winners of its competition programmes". #ShoTam. 7 June 2024. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  8. ↑ Voitsekhovska, Yuliia (7 June 2024). "Docudays UA 2024 International Film Festival announced the winners". Glavcom. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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