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International Competition

FOREVER-FOREVER
NAZAVZHDY-NAZAVZHDY

• Director: Anna Buryachkova
• UKRAINE, THE NETHERLANDS / 2023 / DCP / Colour / 106’ / Ukrainian; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Marina Stepanska, Anna Buryachkova
• Director of Photography: Lena Chekhovska
• Editing: Yurii Reznichenko
• Music: Lika Bugaeva
• Cast: Alina Cheban, Zachary Shadrin, Arthur Aliiev, Yelyzaveta Tsilyk, Daria Zhykharska
• Producer: Natalia Libet, Vitalii Sheremetiev, Oleksii Zgonik, Lyuba Knorozok
• Production Co.: Digital Religion
• World Sales: Pluto Film Distribution

2024 İstanbul Golden Tulip Best Film, FIPRESCI Prize - International Competition
2023 Cottbus Best Film

Set in the late 90s Kyiv, this is a story of the young and rebellious amid the ruins of the Soviet regime. Those who had to grow up faster due to the circumstances but got lost in the adult world, as they navigate love, explore their sexuality, and play cruel games, which never have a winner. After transferring from a downtown high school, Tonia joins a new badass gang of youngsters, trying to find protection and a place she truly belongs. They spend time together, roaming around Kyiv’s post-socialist suburbs, having fun and getting in trouble. Soon, Tonia falls in love with Zhurik, whilst also longing for Sania and finds herself tangled up in an alluring secret love triangle. Forever-Forever tells the story of which we need constant reminding, as some things only exist at the moment, while others last forever. Director Anna Buryachkova explains her debut which premiered at Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti Extra Competition: ‘Forever-Forever is a love song to the lost teenagers of the late 1990s who were told one rule: if no one loves you, you don’t deserve to survive.’

This film is screened with the generous contribution of the Consulate General of the Netherlands. 

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.