It’s a Date

Kyiv in 2022. A car races at breakneck speed through the city at dawn. Filmed from a subjective camera angle in a single unedited shot, this contemporary remake of Claude Lelouch’s film C’etait un rendez-vous captures the emotions in a state of emergency caused by the war.
by Nadia Parfan
with Diana Berg, Olena “Tiger”
Ukraine 2023 Without dialogue 5’ Colour World premiere

With

  • Diana Berg
  • Olena “Tiger”

Crew

DirectorNadia Parfan
ScreenplayNadia Parfan
CinematographyDenys Melnyk
EditingNadia Parfan
Sound DesignMargaryta Kulichova
SoundYevhenii Chaban
Production ManagerKyrylo Rybiantsev
ProducersIryna Kovalchuk, Ilia Gladshtein, Nadia Parfan

Produced by

Radar Films

Lviv, Ukraine

+37 62314458

Phalanstery Films

Kyiv, Ukraine

+38 632807335

World Sales

Nadia Parfan

Born in Ivano-Frankivsk in 1986. The Ukrainian filmmaker and producer has a degree in cultural studies from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and in social anthropology from the Central European University in Budapest. From 2012 to 2013, she was a Fulbright Scholar at Temple University in Philadelphia. In 2015, she completed a documentary filmmaking course at the Wajda School in Warsaw. Her feature-length debut Heat Singers premiered at Visions du Réel in 2019 and was awarded Best Documentary by both the Ukrainian Film Critics Association and the Ukrainian Film Academy.

Filmography

2014 Exarch; short film 2016 Reve ta stohne on tour; short film 2017 Housewarming; short film 2019 Heat Singers 2021 Women Who Play 2023 I Did Not Want to Make a War Film · It’s a Date; short film

Dates

Berlinale Shorts IV

Nuits blanches | It’s a Date | As miçangas | Ours

Sun Feb 19 15:30

Cubix 2

Screening for press and industry professionals | With accreditation only

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Tue Feb 21 21:30

Cubix 9

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Thu Feb 23 12:30

Cineplex Titania

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Manifestations: Six queer short films of the 73rd Berlinale
Thu Feb 23 21:30

Cubix 2

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Berlinale Shorts IV

Nuits blanches | It’s a Date | As miçangas | Ours

Fri Feb 24 14:15

Cubix 3

Shorts Take Their Time: Each film followed by a detailed Q&A

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Sat Feb 25 21:30

Cubix 9

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Manifestations: Six queer short films of the 73rd Berlinale
Sun Feb 26 16:00

International

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Berlinale Shorts Awardees
Sun Feb 26 21:30

Cubix 9

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