World premiere at FLICKERFEST – Best of Documentary Shorts 1
Director: Stefan Bugryn Editor: Steven Zelko Composer: Dale Cornelius
Synopsis: After Stalin ordered the forced collectivisation of all the farms in 1930s Ukraine, Maxim, a humble cucumber farmer, rebels. He is arrested by local authorities and shipped off to forced labour camps of Siberia. To survive and return to his family, he steals away in the dead of night and begins the 1,000km journey home.
This was a very special film to work on and was one of the first productions to be filmed in the Ukraine since the war broke out. I hope this film travels internationally to highlight the plight of the Ukrainian people’s independence. I also had the pleasure of recording the amazing ‘white-voice’ Ukrainian vocalist, Alina Savchuk, whose voice is featured in the score, providing a powerful emotional focus in the film’s storyline.
Score Excerpt