New Europe Picks Up ‘Reflection’ By Venice Horizons Winner Valentyn Vasyanovych (EXCLUSIVE)
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorNew Europe Film Sales has picked up “Reflection,” the next film from Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych, who won best film in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival for “Atlantis” in 2019.“Reflection” was a hot title in the works in progress section of Les Arcs last year, and is considered as a frontrunner for the fall and winter festivals.The film centers on Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy, who is captured by the Russian military forces in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine, and while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying scenes of humiliation, violence and indifference toward human life.