Everything Needs to Live
Poland, Ukraine2024documentary70'Konkurs polski (2024)
Since early childhood Anna has loved animals – she taught biology at school and worked in the zoo. As a woman, she realised quite soon that she had to be physically strong too. That is why, at the age of 40, she embarked on a career of a power triathlete and soon became a multiple world champion and the strongest woman in the world. Using the power of social media, she ran a campaign for animal rights, opened animal shelters and looked for new families for dozens of stray dogs and cats. When Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Anna went on to help wounded and abandoned animals.
Awards
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2024 National competition
Audience AwardSpecial Award
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2024 National competition
Special Award for the best producerSpecial Award
- directed by
- Tetiana Dorodnitsyna
Film director, editor and visual artist. Graduate of the Directing Faculty at the I. K. Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television in Kiev. She is the director of the short films 'Wolves' (2023) and 'Who Is Kaya?' (2019). She has worked for television channels, production companies and Kyivtelefilm film studio. She is the editor of the feature-length documentary 'Roses. Film-Cabaret' (2021) by Irena Stetsenko and 'Askania Reserve' (2019) by Andrii Lytvynenko. 'Everything Needs to Live' is her feature-length debut.
Andrii LytvynenkoFilm director and producer. He graduated from the Kiev National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television named after I. K. Karpenko-Kary and the Documentary Studio at the Wajda School. He is the director of the documentaries ‘Fantastic Ukrainians. Fine Art' (2020) and “Askania Reserve” (2019), which received awards from the UA Docudays and Pelicam festivals. He is the co-author and one of the co-directors of the film ‘Euromaidan. Rough Cut' (2014), which won a Special Mention at the Ji.hlava IFFD, as well as a Ukrainian producer and one of the authors of the idea for ’Trial: Russian Federation vs. Oleg Sencov' (2017) by Askold Kurov.
- cinematography
- Tetiana Dorodnitsyna, Ivan Selistran
- script
- Tetiana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko
- protagonists
- Anna Kurkurina
- music
- TUMULT
- sound
- Nataliia Avramenko, Kseniia Vynogradova, Michał Fojcik
- editing
- Piotr Ogiński, Tetiana Dorodnitsyna
- production
- Anna Bławut Mazurkiewicz (Aura Films sp. z o.o.)
- Photo
- Trailer