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Film Info

Ukraine, Germany 2023 | 84 min. Director: Roman Liubyi
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World Sales

RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES U.G.
Schlesische Str. 29/30
10997 Berlin Phone +49 30 47372980 Fax +49 30 473729820 http://www.riseandshine-berlin.com

Co-Production Company

Trimafilm GmbH
Lindwurmstrasse 71 Rgb.
80337 München

Categories

Documentary Hybrid

Iron Butterflies

Synopsis

On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by Russian forces over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. The reality of this attack, and its possible ramifications for the then-ongoing war in Donbas and the West’s relationship with Russia, was immediately questioned by the Russian government and media. As voluminous evidence — including physical artifacts like the butterfly-shaped shrapnel found in the bodies of the pilots — piled up, the lies denying reality only became more outlandish and incredible.

In a world where violence can only be defended by lies, and lies only maintained by violence, Iron Butterflies presents the truth of what happened to MH17, but also what was at stake by not confronting it. Director Roman Liubyi uses a wealth of visual material and individual testimonies to craft this artful yet evidence-driven examination of a turning point in recent world history. This act of mass murder not only destroyed so many people’s lives and the possible future that they could have built — it contained the seeds of the future we now live in. [SUNDANCE FF 2023]

Cast & Crew

Festivals/awards

2023
Sundance Film Festival
73 BERLINALE - Panorama Dokumente
25 TiDF – 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
movies that matter festival, The Netherlands
30 Hot Docs Toronto
38 DOK.fest Munich – DOK.focus Power of Media?
DocAviv
Global Cinema Film Festival Boston
Bildrausch Filmfest Basel
57 KVIFF – Karolovy Vary
22 DOKFEST Prizren, Kosovo
18 DocEdge NZ
BSD Baltic Sea Doc. Riga, Latvia
39 WFF – Warsaw International Film Festival
16 this human world – International Human Rights Film Festival

World Sales

RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES U.G.
Schlesische Str. 29/30
10997 Berlin Phone +49 30 47372980 Fax +49 30 473729820 http://www.riseandshine-berlin.com

Co-Production Company

Trimafilm GmbH
Lindwurmstrasse 71 Rgb.
80337 München

Cast & Crew

Roman Liubyi

Categories

Documentary Hybrid
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