The film recalls Nadia Dobrianska and her family’s emotional journey from Kyiv to Cork and delves into the uncertainty faced by refugees while war ravages their home country.
For Nadia Dobrianska, a fluent Irish speaker, the decision to settle in Ireland made sense; but it has not been without consequence. The family have suffered unimaginable loss at the hands of war and now find themselves torn between two countries.
Filmed over the course of their first two years in Ireland, the film sees Nadia and her father Leo as they grapple with their new life in Ireland, come to terms with what they have left behind in Ukraine, and try to imagine what their futures may look like in a world of uncertainty.
Speaking to Evoke, Nadia said "I am hopeful Ukraine will be able to defend itself from Russia, and that some type of Ukraine will exist and be free and that people can raise their children without bombs or violence.'
She added that she hopes she can return to Ukraine once the war is over.
She said: "There is a pause in my life and I cannot be truly happy about anything due to the war and because my country and family are in danger.
"We are stuck between normal life and the life of war and we will always be until the war ends."
Director Sinéad Ingoldsby says: “Nadia and Leo's deeply moving story gets behind the headlines to tell of the devastating effects of war and displacement on one family. In sharing their personal trauma, they demonstrate the resilience, generosity, and spirit of Ireland's new Ukrainian community”.
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Produced by Below the Radar TV, with support from Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund, "Idir Dhá Bhaile - ó Chív go Corcaigh" will broadcast on TG4 on September 25th at 9:30 pm.
Watch the trailer for "Idir Dhá Bhaile – Ó Chív go Corcaigh" here:
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