Under the Grey Sky

New Directors Competition

Under the Grey Sky

Pod Szarym Niebem

Poland 2024 Fiction cor 81 min.

Belarus, 2020. Mass protests follow the elections rigged by Lukashenko. Anti-regime journalist Lena livestreams the brutal crackdown of a peaceful demonstration and is tracked down by a police drone. Nevertheless, she continues the broadcast and is arrested. Lena’s husband, Ilya, prepares an emergency evacuation abroad, but the system has no intention of letting her go. Lena and Ilya must face unbearable choices in an attempt to survive and remain true to themselves, as the regime is determined to break them both. The film is inspired by the true story of Belarusian journalists Igor Ilyash and Katsiaryna Andreyeva, who was arrested in November 2020 and is still serving her 8 years sentence.

Presented at Tribeca Film Festival.

Poland international festivals female directors politics biopic

direction

Mara Tamkovich

screenplay

Mara Tamkovich

cinematography

Krzysztof Trela

editing

Katarzyna Leśniak

sound

Joanna Napieralska

production design

Katarzyna Pawelec

cast

Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovich, Valentin Novopolskij, Palina Chabatarova

production

Katarzyna Ocioszyńska

produced by

Media Corporation

world sales

Loco Films

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16