Film Screening: Klondike

UCLA Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures, and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in co-sponsorship with UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies invite you to the screening of Klondike, the Ukrainian entry for the best international feature film at the 95th Academy Awards, and the World Dramatic Directing Award Winner at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Klondike (2022) Synopsis
The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Ukraine and Russia during the start of the war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after, they find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014.

Director’s Bio
After studying at Kyiv National I.K. Karpenko-Kary Theater, Cinema & Television University (Ukraine), Marina Er Gorbach graduated from Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing (Poland). Since 2017 Maryna ER Gorbach has been a member of the European Film Academy. Her latest movie Klondike was awarded at Sundance IFF & Berlinale IFF.