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Mariinka

Mariinka

Director Pieter-Jan De Pue

1 hr. 34 min. · Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, 2026 · Documentary · English, Ukrainian, Russian · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13

About the film

When war breaks out in the Donbas in 2014, director Pieter-Jan De Pue begins filming the residents of Mariinka, a town on the front line. Natasha, a promising boxer, becomes a military paramedic. Angela transports essential supplies across the front line. Two brothers find themselves fighting on opposing sides, while the youngest, Daniil, watches the war from the safety of his adoptive family in the United States. Over the course of a decade, letters, calls and conversations chronicle the gradual disappearance of a war-ravaged town and the unravelling of families divided by conflicting loyalties.
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Details

Running time
1 hr. 34 min.
Country, year
Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, 2026
Genre
Documentary
Language
English, Ukrainian, Russian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Age rating
Pegi 13

Credits

Director
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Screenplay
Pieter-Jan De Pue, David Dusa
Producers
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Cinematography
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Music
Lieven van Pee, Mattis Appelqvist Dalton
More information
www.imdb.com
Pieter-Jan De Pue

Director

Pieter-Jan De Pue

An independent filmmaker and photographer, Pieter-Jan De Pue graduated from the RITS School of Arts in Brussels. His feature-length documentary The Land of the Enlightened received the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography at Sundance and was also screened at Scanorama in 2016. De Pue spent almost a decade in Ukraine’s Donbas region making Mariinka. His photography has been exhibited at FOMU Antwerp, deBuren in Brussels and the Institut des Cultures d’Islam in Paris.

Screenings

3 screenings in 2 cities.

  1. Sunday, November 8 18:40 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 12 Tickets
  2. Thursday, November 12 16:20 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 10 Tickets