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
Sarajevo Film Festival 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Festival Silhouette 2025, France
Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2025, Ukraine
Wiz-Art - Lviv International Film Festival 2025, Ukraine
War on Screen - Festival International de Cinéma 2025, France
Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin 2025, Germany - Special Mention
BOO International Film Festival 2025, Czech Republic
Stockholm International Film Festival 2025, Sweden
Festival of Future Storytellers 2025, Germany - Best Film Award
Poitiers Film Festival 2025, France
Batumi International Art-House Film Festival 2025, Georgia
Vilnius Short Film Festival 2026, Lithuania
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