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Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles (Ukrainian: Літургія протитанкових перешкод) is a 2022 US-Ukrainian 12-minute experimental documentary film directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, about Ukrainians who temporarily changed their profession to be useful in Ukraine's war with Russia.[1][2][3] The return to documentary filmmaking for the director was an act of service to the state, creating counterarguments for the perspective.[4]
Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles | |
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Directed by | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk |
Screenplay by | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk |
Produced by | Daniel Lombroso |
Starring | Roman Sova Serhiy Danko Andriy Holdiy |
Cinematography | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Andriy Lesetskiy Kostyantyn Klyatskin Denys VorontsovDenys Tokarev |
Music by | Artos choir (conductor – Natalia Ivashkiv) |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | «CUC» (Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema) |
Running time | 12 minutes |
Countries | United States Ukraine |
Language | Ukrainian |
The film was funded by one of world's biggest media, The New Yorker, which holds the copyright both in Ukraine, and on the international market.[1][5]
World premiere took place at the Sarajevo Film Festival on August 13, 2022 – the film opened the documentary program of the festival.[2] Following this, the film participated in over 100 international film festivals, among them International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Toronto International Film Festival, American's Sundance Film Festival, Doc NYC, New York's documentary festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[1][6]
The film takes place in the workshops where sculptors are producing anti-tank obstacles. Silent figures of prominent Ukrainian figures, angels, cossacks, and numerous copies of a sculpture of Jesus, similar to the Terracotta Army, as if frozen in the expectation of new creations. The artists are welding the metal defenses for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the full-scale invasion, director Dmytro Suholytkyi-Sobchuk worked as a volunteer in Lviv, while continuing to film for the Babylon'13 project, with which he had worked together since the time of the Revolution of Dignity.[7] Among other stories, he learned about sculptors who create anti-tank obstacles in their workshop according to all the requirements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He visited them to take a few photos and shoot a small video for Babylon'13. Then, on the recommendation of Daria Bassel (DocuDays UA) he filled out the application form, as it turned out later, for a competition from one of the most popular world publications, The New Yorker, in support of the Ukrainian project.[3]
The filming took a month and a half, during which it was necessary to film the production process of anti-tank structures, their final destination, and how they work. The work took place in the room where the masters put together elements of the Stations of the Cross for several villages, consisting of 13 stations (stops on the Stations of the Cross, depicting scenes from the life of Jesus). The total number was 39, located in the workshop at the same time, like the Terracotta Army, the model of which was a starting point for the director.[3]
The sound basis of the film is radio – built from fragments of radio broadcasts, which, with constant news from the frontlines, have become an integral part of Ukrainians. News is heard of the battles for Azovstal. News messages are built into the film's soundtrack, similar to a liturgical service led by a priest. Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles was built according to the structure of the Easter liturgy, in which Jesus defeats death.[3]
The watercolor poster for the film was created by Andrii Sakun together with Anna Alpatieva.[8]
World premiere took place in Sarajevo. The film by Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk was one of the six works to represent Ukraine at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9] Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles opened the documentary program of the festival on August 13, 2022.[2]
The media covering film festivals spoke of the work as of a powerful documentary examining the current situation in Ukraine,[10] noting that without delivering an obvious message, the film brings home the indomitability and the ingenuity of the Ukrainian resistance.[11]
List of awards and nominations | ||||||
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Date of ceremony | Country | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
2022 | Netherlands | Pure Magic International Film Festival | Best Documentary Short | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | Won | |
Australia | Brisbane International Film Festival | Best International Short Film – In Competition (SHORTS: DOCUMENTARIES) | Won | |||
United States | Doc NYC, New York's documentary festival | Short Film Awards / Special Mention | Won | |||
Hungary | Faludi International Film Festival And Photo Competition | Documentary Film Category | 2nd place | |||
2023 | Budapest Independent Film Festival | Best Documentary Short | Won | |||
India | Jammu Film Festival | Best Documentary | Won | |||
Austria | Intuition Earth Film Festival | Best Documentary Short | Won | |||
Japan | Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival | Documentary Film – Gold Award | Won | |||
Spain | Huesca International Film Festival | «Concurso Documental» competition. (qualify for Oscar) | Won | |||
Greece | Santorini Film Festival | Best Short Documentary | Won | |||
United States | LA Documentary Film Festival | Best Short Form Short Film | Won | |||
Turkey | Andromeda Film Festival | Da Vinci Special Section | Won | |||
Jury Special Award | Won | |||||
Best Poster | Sakun, Anna Alpatieva | Won | ||||
United States | Florida Shorts | International Documentary | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | Won | ||
Ukraine | Ukrainian International Film Festival «BRUKIVKA» | Best film in the National Competition by the Union of the Ukrainian Film Critics | Won | |||
Special jury mention of the National Competition: «For seeing beauty in details in the most tragic times, for faith and hope!» | Won | |||||
Portugal | Ciudad del Este Independent Film Festival | Best Documentary Short Film | Won | |||
United States | Nashville Film Festival | Best Documentary Short (qualify for Oscar) | Won | |||
Italy | Ardesio Film Festival «Sacrae Scenae» | Special Mention | Won | |||
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