About the film:
2024 Sundance Winner: Jury Grand Prize - U.S. Documentary Competition
Jury's Citation:
"Resisting totalitarian aggression is necessary, but holding onto your humanity amid the onslaught is the ultimate pursuit of good. The making of this film — a film full of pathos and violence, porcini and dragonlets — is in and of itself this pursuit. For its unwavering voice from inside the brutal war in Ukraine calling us to care about those who would sacrifice their lives to defend their humanity and ours, and since at present there is no Sundance Jury Award for best dog, the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary goes to Porcelain War."
Animation by:
BluBlu Studios
Directed by:
Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
Written by:
Aniela Sidorska, Brendan Bellomo, Paula DuPré Pesmen, Slava Leontyev
Cinematography by:
Andrey Stefanov
Produced by:
Aniela Sidorska, Paula DuPré Pesmen, Camilla Mazzaferro, Olivia Ahnemann