Filmotor secured international distribution and sales rights to ‘Silent Flood’ by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. The film is set to world premiere in the International Competition at this year’s International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place November 13-23, 2025.
About the film: A closed religious community in Ukraine has chosen to live in a beautiful landscape, where the front lines of both World War I and World War II once passed. It’s a sunny village filled with the laughter of children from large families. Yet, the community’s peaceful life is frequently disrupted by floods and war — two points serving as moments of reckoning in their memory. Nature and war are both relentless forces that take lives. The community comes together to overcome the aftermath of floods. The flood alters community life, just as the country is reshaped by war. Together with the community, we observe transformations, where the current war intertwines with the past ones, but the feeling of home can never be taken away from anyone.
‘I’ve always been drawn to the invisible connections between people and the places they inhabit,’ Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk says. ‘Silent Flood grew out of that fascination — with a secluded riverside community that lives in deep harmony with nature, yet always at the mercy of its forces. I first discovered this hidden village years ago during my river expeditions, and it felt like returning to my own childhood, to a time that had somehow stopped. The people there welcomed me with such openness and sincerity that I kept coming back. Their world, shaped by floods and now by war, reflects how fragile and cyclical life can be — a reminder that nothing truly stays untouched.”
“We have been following the SILENT FLOOD project since 2022, while in the development stage, attracted by subtle allegory behind the story, and the result is far beyond expected. It is a fascinating cinematic feast with a unique storyline and pace. We are honoured to collaborate with Dmytro as one of the most promising Ukrainian directors as well as with Tabor Ltd production behind already timeless pieces like Militantropos and Pamfir.” Petar Mitric, Filmotor‘Silent Flood’ is produced by Karina Kostyna and Eugene Rachkovsky for Ukraine’s TABOR LTD, with co-production by Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer for Germany’s Elemag Pictures. In co-production with MDR Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk in collaboration with ARTE.
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