DAUGHTERS OF WAR – Feature

Creative Documentary / Hybrid Animation (100′ min)
Target Group: All ages
Genre: History, Biopic
Technique: Documentary footage / Archives / mixed 2D classical animation
Authors / Directors: Olga Lucovnicova & Lilia P. Schneider
Producers: Lilia P. Schneider (Germany / Moldova), Matiss Kaza (Latvia)
Production: CINÉ-LITTÉ Productions, TRICKSTER PICTURES, AURORA LIGHT PICTURES

SYNOPSIS

A fresco of lifelines, a portrait of women from different parts of the globe who were children back in World War Second. Today they are close to 90 years and older. Under the gloomy clouds of recurring war crimes, they share their memories, traumas and dreams…. and try to give us something at the end of their lives.

Project state: Development

Pitch selections:

ALUMNI SUMMIT, Non-fiction pitching 2023 (Cologne, Germany),

ALENTOURS audiovisual co-production forum 2022 (Strasbourg, France)

With support of:

ABOUT AUTHORS

Olga Lucovnicova

Olga Lucovnicova

WRITER / DIRECTOR

Olga Lucovnicova (Moldova, 1991) is a Belgium based documentary filmmaker and aspiring researcher in the field of audiovisual arts. She studied six years of cinematography at the Academy of Arts of Moldova and two years documentary filmmaking at DocNomads, an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Program across three countries: Portugal, Hungary and Belgium. Currently, Olga pursues her studies in film at the doctoral school of the KU Leuven University. She was awarded a fundamental research fellowship from The Research Foundation – Flanders for her doctoral project on post-memory and transgenerational trauma in the post-Soviet society and its research through film. As a filmmaker, Olga is particularly interested in people and personal stories, which can generate social changes and create a platform for discussion. Her filming style combines observational cinema with poetic elements, where the key factor are the human emotions and feelings. Through her films, Olga seeks to push the viewer to the critical thinking and reflection about our world. Her aim is to bring people closer to people, through sincerity, empathy and compassion. Her last film MY UNCLE TUDOR was screened in over 50 film festivals and won many important awards like the Golden Bear at Berlinale 71st Edition, European Film Academy Award 34th Edition and many others.

Lilia P. Schneider

Lilia P. Schneider

WRITER / DIRECTOR

Lilia Schneider is a producer, author, director and IP creator, specialized in kids‘ content and film d’auteur. She graduated from Strasbourg University, literature & film department and trained at cultural TV channel ARTE G.E.I.E. MUSICELLA was her first and the most important imagined story.