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Winner of the Best Documentary Prize at Sundance and over 40 awards worldwide, Porcelain War is the most decorated documentary of the past decade. CinemaSavannah is happy to finally bring it to our program for a very timely screening.

Amidst the chaos and destruction of the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists defiantly find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country. In a war waged by professional soldiers against ordinary civilians, Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, and Andrey Stefanov choose to stay behind, armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the first time in their lives, their guns. Despite daily shelling, Anya finds resistance and purpose in her art, Andrey takes the dangerous journey to get his young family to safety abroad, and Slava becomes a weapons instructor for ordinary people who have become unlikely soldiers. As the war intensifies, Andrey picks up his camera to film their story, and on tiny porcelain figurines, Anya and Slava capture their idyllic past, uncertain present, and hope for the future.

Co-directed by Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo, with extraordinary footage from first-time cinematographer Stefanov, Porcelain War embodies the passion and fight that only artists can put back into the world when it’s crumbling around them. With a mystical score by the Ukrainian folklore band, DhakaBrakha who will be performing on March 27 as part of the Savannah Music Festival .  In English, Ukrainian, Russian, with English subtitles. 87 minutes.