IN THE REARVIEW

POLISH TITLE: SKĄD DOKĄD

The first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. People caught by time and in space, facing an uncertain here and now, choose to abandon what they hold most precious as they climb straight into the dusty van with foreign plates. It traverses tens of thousands of kilometers serving various functions: waiting room, hospital, shelter, zone for confidences and confessions, which are shared among travelers thrown together by chance. In the Rearview is a collective portrait composed of experiences of those who have a single goal: finding a safe haven. In the van, the temporary asylum for all of them, their differences in gender, age, skin tone, physical condition, origin, identity, worldviews and faith drop away. In the Polish and the Ukrainian version of the film’s title - Skąd dokąd and Zvidky kudy, “where from” (звідки / zvidky) and “where to” (куди / kudy) are routine questions asked when trying to break through the numerous checkpoints located throughout the territory of Ukraine.

GENRE:

documentary

COUNTRY:

Poland, France

RUNNING TIME:

85'

YEAR:

2023

COLOUR:

colour

DIRECTING:

Maciek Hamela

SCRIPT:

Maciek Hamela

DOP:

Wawrzyniec Skoczylas, Yura Dunay, Marcin Sierakowski, Piotr Grawender

EDITOR:

Piotr Ogiński

MUSIC:

Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz

PRODUCTION:

IMPAKT FILM, Maciek Hamela, Piotr Grawender, SaNoSi Productions