The Editorial Office

International Perspective

The Editorial Office

Redaktsiya

Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic 2024 Fiction cor 126 min.

In the wild steppes of southern Ukraine, a young nature researcher named Yura is looking for an endangered species of groundhog but instead witnesses a crime. Eager to expose the truth, Yura takes his photo evidence to the local newspaper’s editorial office. However, he quickly realizes that nobody there cares about pursuing justice. While a big war is looming over the horizon, yura’s naive worldview is splintering in a storm of fake news, rigged political elections, and mysterious cult rituals. On his quest, the hero is about to find out who he really is —an endangered species of a good man or just a loser?

Presented at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Ukraine Germany Slovakia Czech Republic international film festivals war politics existential crisis journalism

direction

Roman Bondarchuk

screenplay

Alla Tyutyunnyk, Roman Bondarchuk, Dar’ya Averchenko

cinematography

Vadym Ilkov

editing

Viktor Onysko, Nikon Romanchenko

sound

Serhiy Stepansky

music

Anton Baibakov

production design

Kirill Shuvalov

cast

Dmytro Bahnenko, Zhanna Ozirna, Rymma Ziubina, Andrii Kyrylchuk, Oleksandr Shmal, Vasyl Kukharskyi, Maksym Kurochkin

production

Darya Bassel, Dar’ya Averchenko

co-production

Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer, Katarína Krnáčová, Dagmar Sedláčková

produced by

Moon Man

co-produced by

South Films, Elemag Pictures, Silverart, MasterFilm

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16