Archive of films Iron Butterflies / Iron Butterflies
Synopsis
In July 2014, a passenger jet flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. This documentary collage assembles a picture of the tragedy from a wide range of available materials – flight radar, transcripts of wiretappings, Russian television reports, amateur footage from the impact site, choreographed dances, and animated children’s drawings. Combining poetry with forensic analysis, the film is equal parts elegy and found-footage horror. Its title refers to the shrapnel of the BUK anti-aircraft system that pierced the plane’s hull and caused its crash.
Ondřej Kopřiva
About the director
Roman Liubyi (Kyiv, Ukraine). Selected filmography: Euromajdan. Rough Cut (Evromaidan. Chornovy montazh, 2014, doc.), Stronger Than Arms (Sylnishe nizh zbroya, 2014, doc.), Pigs (Svyni, 2016, short), War Note (2020, doc.), Iron Butterflies (2023, doc.).
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About the film
Color, Black & White, DCP
Section: | Horizons |
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Director: | Roman Liubyi |
Screenplay: | Roman Liubyi, Mila Zhluktenko |
Dir. of Photography: | Andrii Kotliar |
Music: | Anton Baibakov, Oleksandra Morozova |
Sound: | Andrii Rohachov |
Editor: | Roman Liubyi, Mila Zhluktenko |
Producer: | Andrii Kotliar, Volodymyr Tykhyy |
Production: | Babylon 13 |
Coproduction: | Trimafilm |
Sales: | Rise And Shine World Sales |