27th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Roses. Film-Cabaret
director: Irena Stetsenko
original title: Рози. Фільм-кабаре
country: Ukraine
year: 2021
running time: 77 min.
synopsis
The documentary, shot in a cinéma vérité style, follows the Dakh Daughters – a cabaret ensemble of seven actresses operating as a segment of the experimental Dakh Theatre in Kyiv. The video diary spans nearly five years and follows the Dakh Daughters from their first pop song “Rozy / Donbas,” written long before the Donbas region became war-torn and ravaged by the “Russian Spring.” How can one be an artist under extreme conditions and in times of loss and pain? Does creation in the sense of art and motherhood become a natural self-defense mechanism in times of war? The film was finished before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, yet its feminine viewpoint is a striking commentary on current events.biography
After studying sound art, Ukrainian director Irena Stetsenko established a long-standing collaboration with the Dakh Daughters, for whom she has shot a number of short-length documentaries. In 2017, she graduated in documentary direction from the Sergey Bukovsky Film Program. In her feature-length debut, Roses. Film-Cabaret (2021), she revisits musical themes of the Dakh Theatre.more about film
| director: | Irena Stetsenko |
| producer: | Oleksandra Kravchenko, Oleg Sosnov, Vitality Sheremetiev, Olga Beskhmelnitsyna |
| script: | Irena Stetsenko |
| photography: | Serhiy Stetsenko |
| editing: | Mykola Bazarkin |
| sound: | Maria Nesterenko |
