The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020)

Земля блакитна, ніби апельсин

How much power can art have in wartime?

Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. The creative process raises the question of what kind of power the magical world of cinema could have during times of disaster. How to picture war through fiction? For Anna and the children, transforming trauma into a work of art is the ultimate way to stay human.

Date of release
2020-11-26
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Iryna Tsilyk

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sundance World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary; 100 best films in the history of Ukrainian cinema

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange is a 2020 documentary film, directed and written by Iryna Tsilyk, who won the Directing Award in the "World Cinema Documentary” category for the film at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Production

The film is produced by Anna Kapustina ("Albatros Communicos", Ukraine) and Giedrė Žickytė ("Moonmakers", Lithuania) with the support of Ukrainian State Film Agency, Lithuanian Film Centre, IDFA Bertha Fund (Netherlands).

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