Chernozem

(Black earth)

A creative feature documentary, shot in 16mm, exploring war, exile and childhood through an immersive cinematic language.

Shot over the four years of conflict in Ukraine with intimate access to protagonists.

An hybrid cinematic language between documentary and fiction.

Rough cut in progress, available end of May 2026.

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SYNOPSIS

The divergent trajectories of three Ukrainians facing the war:
Vitaly, a 19-year-old computer science student, becomes a drone pilot in a volunteer unit in the East.
Fyodor, whose family is Russian, goes into exile in the West in the hope of finding a new future there, sheltered from the conflicts of allegiance and identity that paralyze him.
As for Anya, she strives to cultivate a stable daily life to raise her son after her husband’s execution and stays where she must continue to live, on the edge of the dense and wild forest, where nothing is unequivocal.