The Distant Barking of Dogs

The Distant Barking of Dogs
Film poster
DanishOlegs krig
Directed bySimon Lereng Wilmont
Produced by
Starring
  • Oleg Afanasyev
  • Alexandra Ryabichkina
  • Jarik
Edited byMichael Aaglund
Music by
  • Uno Helmersson
  • Erik Enocksson
Production
companies
Distributed byCinephil
Release date
  • November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19) (IDFA)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Denmark
  • Ukraine
LanguagesRussian, Ukrainian
Budget€489,000[1]

The Distant Barking of Dogs (Danish: Olegs krig) is a 2017 documentary film produced by Monica Hellström, and directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont. The film, set in Hnutove near Mariupol, follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year during the War in Donbass. Through Oleg's perspective, the film examines what it means to grow up in a war zone.

The film premiered at the 2017 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, where it won the IDFA Competition for First Appearance.[2][3]

The family documented in the film subsequently fled following the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022.

  1. ^ "THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS". ses.fi. June 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "'THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS' WINS BEST FIRST APPEARANCE AWARD AT IDFA 2017". Final Cut for Real. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ "The Distant Barking of Dogs - IDFA". Retrieved 14 June 2020 – via www.idfa.nl.