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People & Things

2028. As Ukraine celebrates its victory in the war, Olena is called to identify her husband's remains.

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A mass grave was discovered in the small town in eastern Ukraine as consequence of the 2022 Russian invasion. Olena (34) arrives with her daughter Kira (8) and boyfriend Tymur (31) to collect the DNA test result of her missing husband Ilya. During two days, Olena will not only find out if her husband is alive, but in addition to confronting the past, she also will be faced with the most important one - the present.

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Status
Released
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Language
Ukrainian
  • mother
  • corpse
  • death
  • motherhood
  • woman centric
  • mother and daughter
  • ukraine
  • war
  • women

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Poland

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival25 Jan 2025
    • Digital / OTTSundance Film Festival30 Jan 2025
    • PremiereFear No Film Festival20 Jun 2025
    • PremiereLA Shorts International Film Festival16 Jul 2025
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereCambridge Film Festival27 Oct 2025
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereWar on Screen12 Oct 2024
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereCottbus Film Festival7 Nov 2025
  • LithuaniaLT

    • PremiereScanorama Film Festival13 Nov 2025
  • PolandPL

    • PremiereKoszalin Debut Film Festival11 Jun 2025
    • PremiereBNP Paribas Two Riversides Film and Art Festival29 Jul 2025
    • PremiereGdynia Polish Film Festival22 Sept 2025
    • PremiereWarsaw Film Festival11 Oct 2025
    • PremiereŻUBROFFKA International Short Film Festival4 Dec 2025
  • SlovakiaSK

    • PremiereFebiofest19 Mar 2025
    • PremiereInternational Film Festival Art Film Košice23 Jun 2025
  • SpainES

    • PremiereFestival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campoo5 Dec 2025

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People & Things was released on 12 October 2024.

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