The Tribe (2014 film)

The Tribe
The main cast of Serhiy and Yana appearing naked (covered) using sign language to communicate.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMyroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Written byMyroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Produced by
  • Iya Myslytska
  • Valentyn Vasyanovych
Starring
  • Grygoriy Fesenko
  • Yana Novikova
  • Roza Babiy
CinematographyValentyn Vasyanovych
Edited byValentyn Vasyanovych
Production
companies
Distributed byArthouse Traffic
Release dates
  • 21 May 2014 (2014-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 11 September 2014 (2014-09-11) (Ukraine)
Running time
130 minutes [1]
Countries
  • Ukraine
  • Netherlands
LanguageUkrainian Sign Language
Budget₴14 million[2] ($1.5 million[3])
Box office$215,034[4]

The Tribe (Ukrainian: Плем'я, Plemya) is a 2014 Ukrainian crime drama film written and directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy. Starring Hryhoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova and Roza Babiy, the film is set in a boarding school for deaf teenage students, where a novice scholar is drawn into an institutional system of organized crime involving robbery and prostitution. He crosses a dangerous line when he falls for one of the girls to whom he's assigned to pimp. The film is entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language and was the first Ukrainian film to be released in many countries around the world.[5]

The Tribe won the Nespresso Grand Prize, as well as the France 4 Visionary Award, and the Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award in the Critics' Week at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[6][7][8]

Considered the frontrunner to represent Ukraine for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards,[9][10][11] there was controversy over alleged conflict of interest during the voting process after the drama The Guide was chosen instead.[10]

  1. ^ "Film Review: 'The Tribe'". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. ^ Мирослав Слабошпицький: «Не можу собі уявити художнього фільму про Революцію гідності» Високий Замок, 14 березня 2014 Archived 3 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine / Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi: "I can't imagine a feature film about Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity" Vysokyi Zamok, March 14, 2014 (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ "In Production". Ukraine Film Office. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2013. (in English)
  4. ^ The Tribe: box office (foreign) - BoxOfficeMojo, as of 2/22/2016
  5. ^ Zaxid.net (5 June 2014). ""Фільм мав або вистрілити, або гучно провалитися"". ZAXID.NET (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ^ "The Tribe". Semaine de la Critique. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  7. ^ "'The Tribe' ('Plemya'): Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2014 Winners List". Deadline London. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  9. ^ "OSCARS: Ukraine Spurns Cannes Winner 'Tribe,' Follows 'Guide'". Variety. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Oscars: Backlash Over Ukraine's Nomination for Best Foreign Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  11. ^ "AFI FEST 2014 presented by Audi ANNOUNCES JURY AND AUDIENCE AWARD-WINNING FILMS". American Film Institute. Retrieved 13 November 2014.