‘Pamfir’ Helmer Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Realized His Kyiv Apartment ‘Could Be Bombed Any Day,’ So He Remortgaged It to Fund ‘Something Strange Happened to Me’

Sep 3, 2026 10:20pm PT ‘Pamfir’ Helmer Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Realized His Kyiv Apartment ‘Could Be Bombed Any Day,’ So He Remortgaged It to Fund ‘Something Strange Happened to Me’

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In February of 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine and started the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk feared for his life and held even more tightly to his and his family’s possessions. Four years later, as the war rages on and despite having found great international success with “Pamfir” and “Silent Flood,” the filmmaker has mortgaged his family’s apartment to fund his next film, “Something Strange Happened to Me.” 

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