BEAST IFF | Home is 1117 km away

Home is 1117 km away

SYNOPSIS

SINOPSE

Maria, who was forced to leave Ukraine, looking for a female roommate in Budapest. The talks with potential neighbors about food habits and cleanliness, transition into the conversations about the feeling of home and loneliness. When Ukrainian girls visit Maria, the search for a neighbour turns into an exchange of thoughts and feelings about the traumatic experiences of war and forced displacement. The talks with potential neighbours about food habits, cleanliness in the home, and bedtime routines transition into intimate conversations about what the feeling of home and loneliness means. And when Ukrainian girls visit Maria one after another, the search for a neighbor turns into a poignant exchange of details about the traumatic experience of war and forced displacement.

BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAFIA

Marta Smerechynska is a Ukrainian documentary filmmaker with degrees from KNUTKiT in Kyiv, La Fémis in Paris, and an MFA from DocNomads. Her films have been screened at over 30 festivals, including Visions du Réel and Sarajevo FF. Marta's feature debut explores reconnecting with her nun sister in a remote monastery. Her recent films explore different aspects of Ukraine's wartime experience.