“A RISING FURY” follows two hopeful Ukrainian idealists from the peaceful protest in Kyiv in 2013 to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Pavlo and Svitlana met and fell in love at the Maidan Revolution and were filmed nearly 10 years with several expeditions to the frontlines of the war. When Russia invaded Crimea and Donbas in 2014, Pavlo lost his family home and joined the Ukrainian military effort. To defend his nation, he engages in deadly firefights against former friends and a close military instructor who join Russian forces. As Svitlana transports food and medical supplies, both find themselves on the battle lines, protecting their land, democracy, and their relationship. This film reveals the true untold story of how the Russo-Ukrainian war began nearly 10 years ago.
A RISING FURY documentary New York Theatrical Release. Post screening Q&A with Timothy Snyder & Lesya Kalynska. Moderator - Natalie Pavlenko, the president of Ukrainian National Womens League of America. November, 2023.
Over the course of filming nearly 10 years in Ukraine our team followed many people that were not featured in our featured documentary "A Rising Fury". We captured around 500 hours of filmed material and would like to show these incredible stories in a 4-part docu series. With your help we can make it happen!
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Tribeca Film Festival (World Premiere in June 2022
Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater and virtual.
Buffalo International Film Festival (First Award the film received in October 2022)
Winner ~ The Boundary Breaker Award
"A Rising Fury" was a Closing night gala film
Warsaw International Film Festival, 2022
Best Documentary Feature Nominee
Documentary Competition
Stockholm Int Film Festival, 2022
Bronze Horse Award Nominee
In category of Best feature Documentary
Cleveland International Film Festival 2023
Nominated Greg Gund Standing Up Award
Melbourne Documentary FF, 2023
Winner ~ Best International Documentary
Winner ~ Best Director
Winner ~ Supreme Jury Award
Film Threat
Bobby LePire - “A Rising Fury is one of the best films of the year. A Master Class in documentary filmmaking... a perfect film.” 5 stars
https://filmthreat.com/reviews/a-rising-fury/
FilmInk
Reuben Stojanovic-Rowe - "A wake up call!... a powerful statement as to what the Ukrainians
are fighting for” 4.5 stars
https://www.filmink.com.au/reviews/a-rising-fury/
Filmmaker Magazine
- Lauren Wissot - "breathtakingly cinematic explainer of current events - the cinematography is so harrowing and astonishingly intimate."
Modern Times Review
- Nick Holdsworth - “A Rising Fury is a valuable starting point for anyone wishing to
understand more about the conflict in Ukraine.”
https://www.moderntimes.review/the-road-to-war/
Cinema Sentries
- David Wangburg - " Intense and Moving - A Rising Fury is a passion project for both
Kalynska and Batytski, and one that is almost perfectly executed."
https://cinemasentries.com/tribeca-2022-review-a-rising-fury/
The independent Critic
- Richard Propes - “a near masterpiece of cinéma vérité, a doc that practically defines what it means to be an indie doc”
https://theindependentcritic.com/a_rising_fury
Long list for the Oscars
The Gotham Alumni at Tribeca Film Festival
https://thegotham.org/resources/gotham-alumni-at-the-2022-tribeca-festival/
Interview with director Lesya Kalynska in Kino Kultura
http://www.kinokultura.com/2023/81UA_INT_kalynska.shtml
NYWIFT at Tribeca
https://www.nywift.org/event/nywift-at-2022-tribeca-film-festival/
Podcast Interview with director Lesya Kalynska and Producer
TJ Collins on Cinescope
Interview with director Lesya Kalynska in Filmmaker Magazine
https://filmmakermagazine.com/114996-interview-lesya-kalynska-tribeca-a-rising-fury-ukraine/
A Rising Fury
Directed by Lesya Kalynska and Ruslan Batytskyi.
Producers: TJ Collins, Jonathan Borge Lie, Lesya Kalynska and Ruslan Batytskyi.
We are so grateful to our characters, friends, crew members
and all organizations and individuals who’ve supported our team!
Theatrical release supporters include:
Event Sponsor: UCCA (Ukrainian Congress Committee of America)
CO-Event Sponsor: Ukrainian National Women's League of America
UNWLA
Associate Sponsor: UABPA (Ukrainian American Business Professionals
Association
Partners: Brighter Ukraine Foundation, Shevchenko Scientific Society,
Leleka Foundation
The U.S. organizations and funds supporting the project include:
Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fund
Shevchenko Scientific Society
Razom for Ukraine
UCCA (Ukrainian Congress Committee of America)
Murray State University
Still Point Foundation
UABPA
UNWLA
UNA
Plast
CYM
Diannaderhak.com
Additional support in U.S. by:
New York University
The Ukrainian Museum in New York City
Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University
Women Make Movies
The Gotham
Our special gratitude is to:
Leonard and Helena Mazur,
Dianna Derhak and Alexandra Zawadiwsky
European organizations and funds supporting the project include:
IDFA Bertha Fund, Netherlands
Bertha Doc Society Journalism Fund, UK
The Fritt Ord Foundation, Norway
Sorfond, The Norwegian South Film Fund, Norway
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