Critical Condition
Germany | 24min 24sec | 2025
Inspired by the events around the life of Lev Rebet, Ukrainian author and editor-in-chief of the Munich-based exile newspaper Ukrainian Independist, Critical Condition portrays the fates of the Ukrainian diaspora in the past and present.
cast
in order of appearance
Bohdan – Yevgen Bondarskyy
Supervisor – Oleksandr Pozharskyi
Dog 1 – Gustl
Dog 2 – Jasper
Lev – Ihor Shulha
Dariia – Vita Smachelyuk
Vasyl – Sebastian Anton
Orysia – Lisa Moskalenko
Zynovij – Volodymyr Melnyk
Greek Band – Pnema
Lesya – Valeriia Berezovska
Kateryna – Valeriia Kuzmenko
crew
director, screenwriter: Mila Zhluktenko
cinematographer: Tobias Blickle
producer: Michael Kalb
1st ad, casting: Daniel Asadi Faezi
script continuity: Carlotta Wachotsch
costume: Kristina Kilian
set design: Leonie Lindner
make up: Alyssia Achille
editor: Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
sound recording: Philip Hutter
production manager: Adrian Roth
color grading: Nicholas Coleman - OASYS Digital
title and poster design: Paul Rutrecht
filmstock: Kodak
festival distribution: Lights On
festivals
Semaine de la Critique - Cannes 2025, France - World Premiere
Nouvelles Vagues - Biarritz Film Festival 2025, France
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival 2025, Portugal
Festival Silhouette 2025, France
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