Close Relations

An intimate exploration of Ukrainian society after the Maidan revolution, as mirrored within the director’s own family, whose members found themselves on different sides of barricades, just like all the citizens of this single country. The film searches for the reasons of the conflict: its main narrative takes place in the here and now, starting with the turning point of ex-president Victor Yanukovych’s flight to Russia, but it is driven by a strong historical undercurrent, that will carry information about the Russian-Ukrainian conflict’s deep roots in centuries of close ties between the two countries.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Vitaly Mansky
Cinematography: Alexandra Ivanova
Editing: Peteris Kimelis, Gunta Ikere
Sound: Harmo Kallaste
Music: Harmo Kallaste, Mikael Tariverdiev
Production: Vertov, Ego Media, Saxonia Entertainment, Baltic Film
Producers: Natalya Manskaya, Guntis Trekteris, Simone Baumann, Marianna Kaat
Co-production: 435 Films
Format: Color
Production Country: Latvia-Germany-Estonia-Ukraine
Production Year: 2016
Duration: 112
Contact: Deckert Distribution info@deckert-distribution.com
Awards
Special Mention Int’l Doc Comp – Batumi Art FF 2016, Georgia

Vitaly Mansky

Filmography

1988 Boomerang (short)
1990 Post (short)
1993 Cuts of a Recurrent War (short)
1999 Private Chronicles. Monologue
2002 Broadway. Black Sea 
2006 Wild, Wild Beach 
2009 Beginning / Nikolina Gora. Epilogue 
2011 Motherland or Death 
2015 Under the Sun
2018 Putin’s Witnesses
2023 Eastern Front