Short Film | Documentary
Directed & Produced by Stefan Bugryn
The Hospitalliers are an ancient order of battle medics, charged with caring for the wounded in times of strife. When the war came to Ukraine in 2014, 18 year old Yana Zinkewych watched as her countrymen returned to little or no care, so she set about creating a local chapter of the ancient order of medics. Three years into the conflict, her organisation had grown from a handful of dedicated followers, to a battalion of veterans, but early one frosty winter morning, Yana’s life and work came to a crashing halt as she found herself lying in a ditch, with a car bearing down on top of her....
Official Festival Selections
2019 Tribeca Film Festival (World Premiere)
2019 Sydney Film Festival
2019 Tofifest (Torun, Poland - European Premiere)
Official Awards / Nominations
2019 AACTA Awards - Best Documentary Short (Nominated)
https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/war-mothers-unbreakable-2019
https://www.sff.org.au/program/browse/war-mothers-unbreakable