Volcano (2018 film)

Volcano
Official poster
UkrainianВулкан
Directed byRoman Bondarchuk
Written by
  • Daria Averchenko
  • Roman Bondarchuk
  • Alla Tyutyunnyk
Produced byOlena Yershova
Starring
CinematographyVadym Ilkov
Music byAnton Baibakov
Production
company
Tato Film
Release dates
  • 1 July 2018 (2018-07-01) (KVIFF)
  • 4 April 2019 (2019-04-04) (Ukraine)
Running time
106 min.[1]
CountryUkraine
Budget₴10,000,000

Volcano (Ukrainian title Вулкан, German title Vulcan) is a 2018 Ukrainian-German-Monaco drama film, and the feature directorial debut of Roman Bondarchuk [uk]. Through the character Lukas, an interpreter who is stranded in the region he was to help monitor for a security organization, the film examines the lives of people on the southern Ukrainian steppe who live in anarchic freedom, seemingly forgotten by the outside world.

The film premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on 1 July 2018 in the East of the West program. It won several awards at international film festivals, including the Grand Prize at festivals in Armenia, Croatia and Morocco. The film has been noted for its stunning visuals and a documentary feel attained through cinéma vérité techniques and the casting of non-actors. Bondarchuk received the Shevchenko National Prize for directing the film.

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