Refugee Week: Rocky Road to Berlin + Home for Ukraine
18 175 mins
18 175 mins
Rocky Road to Berlin (2024)
Original title: «Я, «Побєда» і Берлін»
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 104 minutes
Genre: adventure, road movie, comedy
Based on Kuzma Skryabin’s novel of the same name.
Release in Ukraine: March 14, 2024
Language: Ukrainian with Eng Sub
Age Rating: 12+
Produced by: UPHub with the support of the Ukrainian State Film Agency, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and Golden Tile
Written by: Oleksiy Komarovskyi, Nina Shulika, Anatoliy Krym
Directed by: Olga Ryashina
Executive Producers: Oleksiy Terentyev, Yuriy Artemenko, Olga Panteleimonova
Director of Photography: Dmytro Nedria
Production Designer: Mykola Kishchuk
Cast: Ivan Blindar, Maria Stopnyk, Volodymyr Heva.
Synopsis: The freewheeling 90s in the former USSR. Driving an old Pobeda car, Kuzma, an aspiring musician, sets out to Berlin together with his friend Bard three days before a scheduled concert. Rumors say there is a collector there who is ready to exchange the “yellow beast” for a Mercedes 600. Kuzma promises his girlfriend Barbara to return home in a new car, and the band members to be on time for their gig. From the very first minutes of the journey, things go awry. However, one thing is certain: the adventure will help the heroes find their true destiny.
Home for Ukraine (Independent Film)
Directed by Ksenia Bugrimova
Filmmakers: Independent project, filmed in Surrey, UK
Notable Narrator: Andrew Castle (former tennis champion)
Co-narrator:
Yulia Ivanova
Language: English (dubbed)
Release Year: Circa 2022
Synopsis:
Home for Ukraine is a heartfelt documentary that intertwines the story of former British tennis champion Andrew Castle with that of Yulia Ivanova, a refugee from Mariupol. Their lives meet under the UK’s Homes for Ukraine programme, as Andrew opens his home to a family that has nowhere left to return to — their city has been wiped off the map.
The film explores the themes of survival, resilience, and the search for peace far from home. It also features rare pre-war footage of the Azovstal Metallurgical Combine, filmed on 23 February 2022 — the day before the full-scale invasion. Today, the site no longer exists, making these images a haunting record of what has been lost.