Heat Singers

Ukraine2019documentary64'Konkurs dokumentalny (2019)

The municipal district heating company from Ivano-Frankivsk has a cultural offer for its employees. To break away from their daily routine, run-down infrastructure and troublesome clients, they may come to sing in the company choir once a week. The folk and patriotic songs they practice at rehearsals become a bridge between the past communist era and the new political and economic reality. They help them to deal with the shock of transformation and simply spend some time together, just like in the good old times.

directed by
Nadia Parfan, portret reżysera
Nadia Parfan

Nadia Parfan was born in Ivano-Frankivsk. She studied cultural studies, anthropology, and urbanism. In 2014-15, she took a documentary directing course at Wajda School. Her student film “Reve ta Stohne on Tour” premiered at Warsaw IFF and was selected to a number of other international film festivals. Nadia is a creative producer of MyStreetFilmsUkraine series, a co-founder of "86" festival and production company "Phalanstery Films".

cinematography
Dmytro Burko
script
Nadia Parfan
music
Margaryta Kulichova
sound
Andriy Borisenko
editing
Mykola Bazarkin
production
Illia Gladshtein (Phalanstery Films)
Photo
Kadr z filmu Heat Singers
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