The Editorial Office

Dir. Roman Bondarchuk
Constellation / Competition
Wed 6 Nov and Tue 12 Nov
Wed 6 Nov
and
Tue 12 Nov
  • Wed 6 Nov
    20:45 - 22:52
    Q&A with director Roman Bondachuk +
    Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
    Screen 4
    Past event
  • Tue 12 Nov
    15:00 - 17:07
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event

Roman Bondarchuk’s inventive, freewheeling satirical drama that skewers post-truth politics in Ukraine in the days before the Russian invasion.

A young biologist called Yura is looking for an endangered species of marmot on the wild steppes of Southern Ukraine when he witnesses arsonists starting a forest fire. When he takes his photographs to the editorial office of the local newspaper, he quickly realises that no-one is interested in pursuing justice. His worldview is upended by encounters with fake news, electoral fraud and cryptocurrency get rich schemes and all the while, war is looming on the horizon.

“[An] apparently simple premise… can’t begin to hint at the rugged tapestry of thematic and topical threads that Roman Bondarchuk’s second narrative feature proceeds to weave together, the unique product of both the director’s vision and ambition, and also of the circumstances under which it gestated.” - Catherine Bray, Variety

The screening on 6 Nov will be followed by a Q&A with director Roman Bondachuk, producer Dar'ya Averchenko and writer Alla Tyutyunnik.

This screenings of this film are organised with the financial support of the UK/UA Creative Partnerships programme designed by the British Council and the Ukrainian Institute.

Director: Roman Bondarchuk
Premiere status: UK Premiere
Running time: 127 minutes
Production year: 2024
Country: Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic
Language: Ukrainian & English
Subtitles: English subtitles
UK distributor: Moon Man
Cast: Dmytro Bahnenko, Zhanna Ozirna, Rimma Zyubina

Constellation

Constellation is the new name for our main programme section where we preview many of the most talked about films of the year and present UK Premieres of films from exciting new filmmakers in our feature film competition.