The documentary plays in the Main Competition section at IDFA
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Courtesy of Piotr Rosolowski Rise and Shine World Sales has secured international rights to Elwira Niewiera’s documentary “Women and War,” which follows four Ukrainian women, all survivors of war crimes, undergoing trauma therapy in the Ukrainian mountains. The film is set to world premiere in the Main Competition at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, taking place Nov. 12-22.
“Women and War” follows the personal journeys of Olena, Yuliia, Iryna and Lena, who survived the nightmares of the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine. Over the course of one year, the film follows the women through long-term therapy in the remote Ukrainian mountains, where they slowly begin to heal under the care of therapists and psychologists.
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