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Poster for Balance

Balance

2024 · 20 min

A quiet, intimate portrait of displacement seen through a child's eyes, tender and quietly sad as it watches her search for footing.

Directed by
Luiza Cocora
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Anna Semenenko, Nikita Natsevych, Olga Natsevych
Overview
Anna, a twelve-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, has fled her war-torn country and recently settled in Montreal with her mother, younger brother, and grandmother. Confronted by the past, the challenges of exile, and a deep need for belonging, she seeks to rebuild her identity and regain her balance. Through her child’s perspective, the documentary explores the reality of life after war, questioning what endures and what is missing, even when one has found refuge.

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Directed by
Luiza Cocora
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Anna Semenenko, Nikita Natsevych, Olga Natsevych
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • immigration
  • identity
  • family
  • war
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Luiza Cocora
Starring
Anna Semenenko, Nikita Natsevych, Olga Natsevych, Tetiana Natsevych, Vadim Natsevych, Serhiy Semenenko
Runtime
20 min
Country
Canada
Languages
French, Russian, Ukrainian

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