Dir:
Brandan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
Porcelain War
Under roaring fighter jets, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it's easy to make people afraid, it's hard to destroy their passion for living.
Awards & Recognition
🍅 93% Rotten Tomatoes
Porcelain War earned 35 awards and 23 nominations, with major wins including the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at Sundance and audience awards at festivals like Boulder, Dallas, and Nantucket. It also claimed honors like Best Cinematography at Byron Bay and the Leon Gast Award at Woodstock. Notable nominations include the Golden Athena at the Athens International Film Festival and several Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. Acclaimed for its storytelling and impact, it also received the Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award at the Cleveland International Film Festival.
"A combination of whimsy and devastation, it looked at the continuing war in Ukraine through the eyes of eccentric artists who carry on with their craft of making adorable little figures even as the Russian invasion disrupts everything." - The Wall Street Journal