Something Better to Come
“Her name is Yula. Her home is the largest garbage dump in Europe, on the outskirts of Moscow. This is the story of her life.”
Right outside of Moscow – home to the highest number of billionaires pr. capita – you’ll find the largest junkyard in the world: The Svalka. It’s a hard place run by the Russian mafia. And it's where Yula lives with her mother, her friends and many other people. Life is tough in the Svalka, but it’s also a place where beauty and humanity can arise from the most unlikely conditions. It is from this place that Yula dreams of escaping and changing her life, even if it seems impossible. Oscar-nominated director Hanna Polak followed Yula for 14 years, bringing us along on Yula's journey to achieve this dream.
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Hanna Polak Director · Keaton Henson Composer Marcin Kot Bastkowski Editor
United States release May 22, 2015 · Produced in Denmark, Poland · Languages English, Russian
Production
Danish Documentary
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Hanna Polak Films
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HBO Europe
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NHK
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HBO España
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Chicken And Egg Pictures
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Danmarks Radio (DR)
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Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
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Denmark · Poland
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Yula's Dream
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
Netherlands · November 22, 2014
Theatrical · IDFA
United States · May 22, 2015
Theatrical
Poland · November 27, 2015
Theatrical
Australia
June 7, 2015 · Sydney Film Festival
Finland
October 8, 2015 · TV premiere
Germany
November 24, 2016
Greece
March 18, 2015 · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Hungary
September 23, 2015 · Budapest International Documentary Festival
Japan
December 8, 2016 · TV premiere
Netherlands
August 11, 2015 · TV · NPO 2
Russia
December 12, 2014 · Theatrical · ArtDocFest
Sweden
March 4, 2015 · Tempo Documentary Festival
United Kingdom
October 12, 2015 · London Film Festival
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