Looted by Russian occupational forces between 24 and 26 October 2022, the Kherson Museum of Local Lore used to house Southern Ukraine's largest and oldest collections of antiquities. The museum featured more than 173000 objects, spanning seven thousand years, from Scythian gold to World War II weaponry. Two weeks before Kherson was liberated by the Ukrainians, Russian occupational forces enacted a strategic theft, stripping centuries of Ukrainian history from the museum/region. The sound of shellings and missile strikes was recorded during filming inside the museum on December 12, less than two kilometers away from russian-occupied territory.
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Yarema Malashchuk Director · Roman Khimei Director
United States release March 30, 2023 · Produced in Ukraine, Austria
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Ukraine · Austria
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English
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English
Release dates
United States · March 30, 2023
Premiere · Art at the Rendon, Los Angeles
Belgium
May 18, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Belgian museums screenings
Germany
May 4, 2023 · Premiere · Ludwig Forum Aachen
June 6, 2025 · Premiere · Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
Ukraine
September 29, 2023 · Premiere · Ivano-Frankivsk International Short Film Festival "4:3"
October 30, 2024 · Premiere · Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
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