Official submission of Ukraine for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.
Submission for the Foreign Language category of the 77th Golden Globe Awards (2020).
Filmed in Novooleksiivka which was captured by Russian ground forces on the first day of the illegal Invasion of Ukraine on 24th Feb 2022 , after Russian ground forces crossed the nearby border from Russian-occupied Crimea into mainland Ukraine. The town has been around 50miles behind the battle zone continuously.