MOVIES - DOCUMENTARIES
PUSHING BOUNDARIES
by Lesia Kordonets
VOD
PUSHING BOUNDARIES accompanies athletes from the Ukrainian Paralympic National Team who have lost their training base in Crimea due to the Russian annexation. They try to adapt to the new historic conditions in their private as well as in their professional lives and to qualify for the next games. The film shows people who grow beyond their physical limits on a daily basis while around them political boundaries are pushed back and forth. And the country they represent at international competitions is rendered invalid by the amputation of its territories.
Credits
Year: 2021
Country: CH
Running Time: 102 Min.
Director: Lesia Kordonets
Author: Lesia Kordonets
Producer: Karin Koch
Co-Producer: ZHdK, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Camera: Lesia Kordonets, Volodymyr Palylyk
Editor: Gesa Marten
Sound: Vlad Miroshnichenko
Music: Christoph Scherbaum
Production Assistant: Sophia Rubischung, Frances McStea, Marika Bauer, Nathalie Meier, Levin Vieth
Awards Nyon, Visions du Réel ? Festival international de cinéma, Prix Zonta 2021
Zürcher Filmpreis ? Beste Regie (Kategorie Dokumentarfilm) 2021
Budapest International Documentary Film Festival ? Brave Rebels Award 2022
DOK.Fest München ? Megaherz Student Award 2022
Cambridge Film Festival ? Youth Lab Jury Prize 2022
Festivals 52. Visions du Réel 2021
1. Brugger Dokumentarfilmtage 2021
22. WATCH DOCS 2021
57. Solothurner Filmtage 2022
9. Budapest International Documentary Film Festival 2022
17. Doc Edge Festival 2022
37. DOK.Fest München 2022
10. Nara International Film Festival 2022
41. Cambridge Film Festival 2022
8. Scandinavian International Film Festival 2022
9. San Jose International Film Awards, 2022
51. Modolist Kyiv Film Festival, 2022
16. International Moving Film Festival, 2022
2. Festival de films d'auteur de Val-Morin (FFAVM), 2022
5. FIPADOC, 2023
Corner Seats International Film Festival, 2023
