THIS RAIN WILL NEVER STOP

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Director
Alina Horlova

Genre:
Documentary

Year:
2020

Age rating:
12A

Duration:
102 min

Language:

Kurdish, Arabic, Ukrainian, Russian, German

Subtitles
English

Availability
UK

In textured black-and-white, we follow 20-year-old Andriy Suleyman as he tries to secure a sustainable future while navigating the human toll of armed conflict.

Fleeing the Syrian civil war, Andriy and his Kurdish family start a new life in a small town in eastern Ukraine, only to be caught up in another military conflict. Following Andriy back to his homeland, This Rain Will Never Stop takes the viewer on a journey from Ukraine to Iraq, Syria and Germany, featuring war zones, military parades, humanitarian missions, refugee camps, cultural, religious and funeral customs.

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THIS FILM WILL ALSO BE SCREENED IN PERSON

Date
22 November 2021

Time
18:20

Place
Bertha Dochouse, London

Price
£12.50

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The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director, Alina Horlova (via Zoom) and Dr Kamran Matin (Senior Lecturer, Sussex University), hosted by Dr Olesya Khromeychuk (Director of the Ukrainian Institute London).

Director

Alina Horlova

Alina Horlova is a director and film editor. Born and raised in Ukraine, she graduated from Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film & Television. In addition to her focus as a documentary director, Alina is also experienced in making fiction shorts, and social and commercial ads. In 2016, she completed her first feature-length documentary, Kholodny Yar. Intro, which screened at the Odesa IFF (Ukraine) and Artdocfest (Moscow, Russia). Her second documentary, No Obvious Signs, tells the story of a female Ukrainian soldier who undergoes rehabilitation for post-traumatic stress. The film has won multiple awards, including the MDR film award for outstanding Eastern European Movie at DokLeipzig 2018. Alina was a 2019 Berlinale Talents participant.

Filmography:
THIS RAIN WILL NEVER STOP (2020), NO OBVIOUS SIGNS (2018), INVISIBLE BATTALION (2017), KHOLODNY YAR. INTRO (2016), BABUSHKA (2014), THE FIRST STEP IN THE CLOUDS (2012)