When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea

When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea
Festival release poster
Directed byEva Neymann
Screenplay byEva Neymann
Produced byKirill Krasovski
Starring
  • Valeriy Bassel
  • Fadey Fadeev
  • Madona Hupenia
Cinematography
  • Eva Neymann
  • Saša Oreškovič
Edited byPavel Zalesov
Music byMartin Hossbach
Production
companies
  • Blue Monticola Film
  • Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Release date
Running time
124 minutes
Countries
  • Ukraine
  • Germany
Languages
  • Ukrainian
  • German

When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea is a 2025 documentary film written and directed by Eva Neymann. The film portrays people in Odesa who are searching for dignity and dreams between war, loss and hope.[1][2]

The film was selected in Forum at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had first screening on 15 February 2025.[3]

Cast

  • Valeriy Bassel
  • Fadey Fadeev
  • Madona Hupenia

Production

Principal photography began on 23 October 2023 at location in Ukraine. Filming ended on 15 April 2024 in locations in Odesa, Ukraine.[4]

Release

When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea had its world premiere in the Forum section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival 15 February 2025.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea". Blue Monticola Film. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  2. ^ "When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea, Germany 2023-2025, Documentary". filmportal.de (in German). 5 December 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. ^ Davide Abbatescianni (16 January 2025). "Berlinale's Forum announces a selection of contemporary cinema questioning our time". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  4. ^ "When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea, Documentary, 2023-2025, Germany". Crew United. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  5. ^ Scott Roxborough (16 January 2025). "Berlin Forum Unveils Full 2025 Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  6. ^ "When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea". Berlinale. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.