DESCRIPTION
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.
News & reviews
Acquisition news: ‘Silent Flood’ Boarded by Filmotor Ahead of IDFA Premiere, Variety, Nov 15 2025
Interview: “A Pure Act of Faith”: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk on Observing a Ukrainian Pacifist Community in ‘Silent Flood’ | International Documentary Association , Documentary.org, Nov 12 2025
Interview: IDFA Int’l Comp: Silent Flood by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk – Business Doc Europe, Business Doc Europe, Nov 21 2025
REVIEW: “A work that makes much of its points through tone, light, ambience and evocative juxtaposition” Screen, Nov 17 2025
REVIEW: ‘Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s exquisitely shot documentary stands out from other recent studies of the conflict by focusing on a rural religious sect peacefully sitting it out’ Variety, Nov 21, 2025
REVIEW: ‘Just as exacting and stylish as the prior film, Silent Flood may well be one of the year’s most aesthetically robust documentaries, while it never veers into over-aestheticisation.’ Cineuropa, Nov 25 2025
Interview: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk • Director of Silent Flood – Cineuropa