Atlantis

Contemporary Ukrainian cinema: discover same director’s Reflection and Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi’s The Tribe!

In collaboration with FNC

Over the next few weeks, to celebrate Ukrainian film culture, Cinéma Moderne is committed to present a selection of Ukrainian films from recent years, including several gems from festivals that have still not found their way to the big screens in Quebec.

A prize-winner at the Venice Film Festival and Ukraine’s official selection for the 2021 Academy Awards, Atlantis is a gorgeous and visionary sci-fi drama. Eastern Ukraine, 2025. A desert unsuitable for human habitation. Water is a dear commodity brought by trucks. A Wall is being build-up on the border. Sergiy, a former soldier, is having trouble adapting to his new reality. He meets Katya while on the Black Tulip mission dedicated to exhuming the past. Together, they try to return to some sort of normal life in which they are also allowed to fall in love again.

*Louve d’or – Festival du nouveau cinéma 2020 (FNC)
*Horizons Award – Venice Film Festival 2020