CRITICAL CONDITION
CRITICAL CONDITION
International Short Film Competition

CRITICAL CONDITION

Inspired by the events surrounding the life of Lev Rebet, Ukrainian author and editor-in-chief of the Munich-based exile newspaper “Ukrainian Independentist”, “Critical Condition” presents the fates of the Ukrainian diaspora in the past and in the present.

SHORTS O’CLOCK II, Saturday, April 18, 18:15, Bucharest Time (EEST)

ENGLISH TITLE:

Critical Condition

Original title:

Critical Condition

Director:

Mila Zhluktenko

Country:

Germany

Genre:

fiction

Year:

2025

Length:

24’

Cast:

Ihor Shulha, Vita Smachelyuk, Sebastian Anton, Lisa Moskalenko, Volodymyr Melnyk, Yevgen Bondarskyy, Oleksandr Pozharskyi, Valeriia Berezovska, Valeriia Kuzmenko

Selective list of festivals and awards:

Critics’ Week – International Critics' Week, Cannes Film Festival 2025, France – World Premiere, Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival 2025, Portugal, Sarajevo Film Festival 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin 2025, Germany – Special Mention, Festival of Future Storytellers 2025, Germany – Best Film Award, ​​KINO Athens - Independent Film Festival of Athens​ 2026, Greece

Director’s bio:

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Mila Zhluktenko studied documentary filmmaking at HFF Munich. Her films have been screened at a number of international festivals including the Berlinale, IDFA, the San Sebastian Film Festival, MoMA’s Doc Fortnight and at Visions du Réel.

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