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About A Rising Fury Documentary
Synopsis
“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 l Official Trailer (2023)
A RISING FURY Benefit screening for Ukraine at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres
Benefit Screening- TCL Chinese Theatres 6 Feb 22nd 2024.
Oct 27th 2023 - Opening night of A Rising Fury Limited Theatrical Released in New York City
News
A RISING FURY documentary Q&A with Timothy Snyder & Lesya Kalynska
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.
Please Support
Please Support
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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A Rising Fury Documentary
Film Festivals
Film Festivals
Film Festivals
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 Reviews
Film Festivals
Film Festivals
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
Industry News
Film Festivals
Industry News
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
Interview with Film Obsessive
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/
Film Credits and Supporters
Directed by:
Lesya Kalynska & Ruslan Batytskyi
Written by: Lesya Kalynska
Co-written by: TJ Collins
Produced by:
Lesya Kalynska
TJ Collins
Ruslan Batytskyi
Jonathan Borge Lie
Director of Photography: Ruslan Batytskyi
Original score by:
Emiliano Mazzenga
Edited by:
Araby Kelley
Lesya Kalynska
Ruslan Batytskyi
Cinematographers:
Anton Fursa, Taras Tomenko, Lesko Kromplitz,
Anton Yaremchuk, Ivan Fomichenko, Lesya Kalynska,
Anna Borysova, Yuri Dunay,
Taras Tkachenko, Anastasia Lysenko
Additional video recording: Pavlo Pavliv and Mykola Petkovych
Photographers: Sergey Mikhalchuk and Lesko Kromplitz
Music by:
Maryana Sadovska, Roman Turovsky,
Svyatoslav Vakharchuk (Ocean of Elza)
Ivan Lenyo, Volodymyr Sherstiuk (Kozak System)
Andriy Nidzelskyi, Anton Baibakov,
Petro Scazkiv, Greg Haines,
Chris Zabriskie, Mykola Leontovych
Sound Recording:
Andriy Nidzelskiy, Mykhailo Zakutskyi, Natasha Avramenko
Sound Design and Mix: Joe Sears and Andriy Nidzelskiy
Colorist: Sanjit Majumdar
Title and graphic design: Jesse Kerman
Impact Producers:
TJ Collins & Lesya Kalynska
Impact co-producers:
Dianna Derhak – Creator & Producer of “Sunflowers of Ukraine” campaign
Alexandra Zavadivska
Consultants:
Carol Dysinger, John Tintori, Etienne Kallos,
Shlomo Godder, Josh Green, Boris Frumin, Karin Hayes
Website and graphic design: Natasha Mikhalchuk
Assistant Editor: Olga Voytenko
Sponsors and Supporters
European organizations and funds supporting the project include:
IDFA Bertha Fund, Netherlands
Sorfond, The Norwegian South Film Fund, Norway
The Fritt Ord Foundation, Norway
Bertha Doc Society Journalism Fund, UK
Finport Technologies, Ukraine
The US organizations and funds supporting the project include:
Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fund
Murray State University
Still Point Foundation
Shevchenko Scientific Society
Razom for Ukraine
UCCA: Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
UNWLA: Ukrainian National Women's League of America
UABPA: Ukrainian American Business &Professional Association
Diannaderhak.com
Our special gratitude:
Michael and Nadia Kalinski,
Leonard and Helena Mazur,
Dianna Derhak,
Alexandra & Anya Zawadiwsky
Additional support in US by:
New York University
The Gotham Film and Media Institute
Women Make Movies
New York University
The Gotham Film and Media Institute
Women Make Movies
The Ukrainian Museum in New York City
Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University
Consulate General of Ukraine in New York
Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco
Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago
UNA, Plast, CYM
Leleka Foundation / БФ Лелека-Україна
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