Signs of War

AT/UA/NL 2022, 85 min, Juri Rechinsky & Pierre Crom

After years of working in the Dutch parliament, photographer Pierre Crom decides that "it might be more interesting to follow the results of their political decisions instead of making propaganda for politicians". In February 2014, he travelled to Crimea in Ukraine on a one-way plane ticket, one day before its annexation by Russia. From then on, he found himself in the middle of a rapidly escalating conflict and decided to stay. The start of the war in Sloviansk, the crash of the MH17 aeroplane, the tank battle in Debaltseve - he manages to gain access to the most important historical stages of this war. Pierre was "lucky" as a photographer. As a person, however, he had to confront violent events on a scale that he could never have imagined before.

festivals

Diagonale 2022, AT | Krakow FF 2023, PL | Nancy IFF 2023, FR | NNW IFF Gdynia 2023, PL | IHRFFA 2023, AL

awards

Vienna Film Award 2023, AT 

pictures

© Pierre_Crom

© Pierre_Crom

© Pierre_Crom

© Pierre_Crom

© Pierre_Crom

© Pierre_Crom