The movie
Memory
At the age of six, director Vladlena Sandu moved from Crimea to Grozny in the Chechen Republic. When war with Russia broke out in 1994, her childhood was irrevocably changed. Drawing on those memories, Sandu has created a poetic film filled with lyrical, political, and surreal imagery.
Length: 98 min
Country: FR
Language spoken: RU
Language subtitles: NL
Cast:
Director: Vladlena Sandu
Release date: 2026-07-16
Description
Director Vladlena Sandu was six when her family moved from Crimea to Grozny, in Chechnya. In 1994, war broke out with Russia. Sandu transformed her war memories into a poetic film full of lyrical, political and surrealist imagery.
The filmmaker reminisces about her youth. She wants an answer to the fundamental question: how can the cycle of violence that shapes so many children and is generational be stopped?
