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Golden Tulip Competition

UNDER THE VOLCANO
POD WULKANEM

• Director: Damian Kocur
• POLAND / 2024 / DCP / Colour / 105’ / Ukranian, Spanish, English; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Damian Kocur, Marta Konarzewska
• Director of Photography: Nikita Kuzmenko
• Editing: Alan Zejer
• Cast: Sofiia Berezovska, Anastasia Karpenko, Roman Lutskyi, Fedir Pugachov
• Producer: Mikolaj Lizut, Agnieszka Jastrzebska
• Production Co.: Lizart Film
• World Sales: Salaud Morisset

Türkiye premiere

2024 Marrakech Best Directing, Best Actor (R. Lutskyi)
2024 Gdynia Best Debut Actor (S. Berezovska)

Polish director Damian Kocur’s second feature, Under the Volcano, tells the story of a Ukrainian family on holiday on the island of Tenerife, Spain. When they arrive at the airport, they are informed that their flight is cancelled: Russia has invaded their homeland, Ukraine. Trapped on the island, the tourists are now refugees. A subtle, sensitive social drama with a humorous and melancholic atmosphere, Under the Volcano premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was Poland’s Oscar submission. ’I didn’t want to tell a story about the war itself. My film is about how apparent our security is, and how quickly, overnight, we can go from being tourists to refugees, regardless of the colour of our skin or our country of birth.’

* In accordance with Article 7 of the Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, cinema films that have not been reviewed and classified can only be screened in festivals, special screenings and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.