Roses: Film-Cabaret

The documentary, shot in a cinéma vérité style, follows the Dakh Daughters – a cabaret ensemble of seven actresses operating as a segment of the experimental Dakh Theatre in Kyiv. The video diary spans nearly five years and follows the Dakh Daughters from their first pop song “Rozy / Donbas,” written long before the Donbas region became war-torn and ravaged by the “Russian Spring.” How can one be an artist under extreme conditions and in times of loss and pain? Does creation in the sense of art and motherhood become a natural self-defense mechanism in times of war? (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)