I Gaze at the Sky

It’s the beginning of the war in Ukraine. The Russians transfer Ukrainian children to a Russian primary school, where Wiktoria, a woman of Ukrainian origin, teaches music. Among the children is her long-unseen nephew. Wiktoria wakes up from the dream of Russian propaganda and begins the fight to save the boy.

The film is the director’s debut.

written by: Alexandra Strunina  
director of photography: Kamil Małkowski
music: Stanisław Pańta
production design: Gabriela Siecińska  
costume design: Alexandra Strunin
make-up: Karolina Śliwecka
sound: Kuba Jakubowski
edited by: Karol Konopka
casting by: Tomasz Szymichowski, Alexandra Strunin
cast: Wiktoria Gorodeckaja, Roman Kukharskii, Robert Czebotar, Philipp Mogilnitskiy, Platon Shtykh, Jacek Grygorowicz
production: Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa   
producer: Maciej Ślesicki
executive producers: Anna Bilut, Żaneta Pawlak
production manager: Maja Celmer
co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
distributed by: Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa