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Spring Director Rostislav Kirpicenko

1 hr. 33 min. · Lithuania, Ukraine, France, Estonia, 2026 · Drama · Ukrainian · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13

About the film

A town in south-eastern Ukraine is under Russian occupation. The church of Andriy, a 35-year-old Ukrainian priest, has been turned into a morgue. He is forced to guard the bodies of executed Ukrainian civilians until Russian forces arrive to collect them. Every three weeks, the bodies are taken away and buried in mass graves to conceal the occupiers’ crimes. For months, Andriy quietly resists, secretly returning the bodies to their families. But winter is closing in, and the ground is now too frozen to bury the dead. How long can he continue to resist? Must he abandon his calling - or risk being killed? The film by Lithuanian-born director of Ukrainian heritage Rostislav Kirpičenko screened in the Special Screenings section at Cannes.
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Details

Running time
1 hr. 33 min.
Country, year
Lithuania, Ukraine, France, Estonia, 2026
Genre
Drama
Language
Ukrainian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Age rating
Pegi 13

Credits

Director
Rostislav Kirpicenko
Screenplay
Rostislav Kirpičenko
Producers
Stasys Baltakis, Helena Pokorny
Cinematography
Vilius Mačiulskis
Music
Sten Šeripov
Cast
Kęstutis Cicėnas, Bartas Ždanovičius, Anastasiia Pustovit, Valentin Novopolskij, Viačeslav Lukjanov, Daumantas Ciunis, Andrius Darela, Ieva Gladij, Jevgenija Gladij, Martynas Kukta, Šarūnas Datenis, Mindaugas Ancevičius, Marius Čižauskas, Karen Miasnykov
More information
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Rostislav Kirpicenko

Director

Rostislav Kirpicenko

Born in Lithuania, Rostislav Kirpičenko moved to Ukraine with his family and spent his childhood there. He later settled in Paris, where he studied directing at La Fémis. His feature-length documentary debut, One, Angarskaia Street, screened at Cinéma du Réel in 2025 and won the Clarens Award for Humanist Documentary Filmmaking.

Screenings

2 screenings in 2 cities.

  1. Sunday, November 15 19:05 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 6 Tickets