We are screening this beautiful acclaimed film by Iryna Tsilyk 01/04/22 this Friday at BAFTA plus a short by Anna Buryachkova. The film will be introduced with a message from director Iryna Tsilyk and other Ukrainian film makers. Drinks in the BAFTA bar after with poster sale. @films_for_ukraine ticket link in bio. THE EARTH IS AS BLUE AS AN ORANGE Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home as a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. The creative process raises the question of what kind of power the magical world of cinema could have during times of disaster. How to picture war through fiction? For Anna and the children, transforming trauma into a work of art is the ultimate way to stay human. Press Review "Iryna Tsilyk's striking, Sundance-awarded documentary views the War in Donbass through the prism of a Ukrainian family's own filmmaking process." - by Guy Lodge, Variety "THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE not only becomes about how an ordinary family uses film to reframe their life, it also makes us question our attitude towards the subjects of narratives about war: Despite the danger and horror surrounding them, these people are not victims, or passive subjects. They seize the means of representation and find something true and beautiful within it — which in turn, of course, better captures the horror and tragedy swirling around them". - Bilge Ebiri "Iryna Tsilyk’s beautifully inquisitive film isn’t so much about war as it is about the art born out of war. - Sundance "With miraculous insight, THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE observes a family – and a filmmaker – cope with war using their cameras, working in tandem to create meaning out of a meaningless conflict." , Sundance