Alfyia, a joyful young woman in 1960s Central Asia, is actively parachuting and studying to become a midwife, when she receives an extraordinary phone call from her granddaughter in 2022. She is worried about her grandmother’s safety amid the invasion of Ukraine. In this intergenerational conversation across time and space, the granddaughter tries to restore and rethink family memory and her own ethnic identity, break the endless cycle of collective trauma and reflect on the meaning of human life.
2026 /
Finalist
MY GRANDMOTHER IS A SKYDIVER
Director & Producer: Polina Piddubna
12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates grueling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.
2025 |
13
Germany
Languages: Ukrainian, Bashqort, Tajik, Russian, Tatar
AWARD:
Type:
Impact Video
Themes:
Human Rights, Indigenous, Refugee, Women
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