According to Ukrinform, the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine announced this on Facebook.

The film was made at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studio in 1965.

“This is not just a film. It is pure visual poetry wrapped in the form of a parable. It is the story of an elderly man who tends a well and shares its water with every traveler. In a dying village, he becomes a living bridge between the past and the present. His memories and reality intertwine, turning the film into a profound philosophical poem about time, memory and our roots,” the Union said.

For Illienko, the cinematographer behind the acclaimed Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, the film marked his directorial debut. It was immediately subjected to totalitarian censorship. The Soviet authorities, alarmed by the film’s Ukrainian themes, banned it for more than 20 years. Audiences were finally able to see it in the late 1980s.

The Fixafilm company meticulously restored every frame, allowing audiences around the world to experience the unique visual style of Ukrainian poetic cinema in high quality.

The New York Film Festival (NYFF) is one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in the United States. It has no competition program and focuses on showcasing the finest new achievements in world cinema.

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As reported by Ukrinform, a retrospective screening of Kira Muratova’s The Asthenic Syndrome will be held in Kyiv on August 26.

Photo: Dovzhenko Centre