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Un hiver russe

A Russian Winter
Panorama Dokumente 2026
© AURORA FILMS
Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many people in Russia face a weighty choice: military service, prison or exile. Margarita, Yuri and their friends refuse to comply with the regime and leave the country in search of a new home. They no longer have a place to which they can return, nor one where they feel truly welcome.
by Patric Chiha (Director, Screenplay) France 2026 Russian 87' Colour World premiere | Documentary form

Crew

Director Patric Chiha
Screenplay Patric Chiha
Cinematography Céline Bozon
Editing Anna Riche
Music Yuri Nosenko
Sound Design Mikaël Barre
Producers Katia Khazak, Charlotte Vincent

Produced by

Aurora Films

Paris, France

Co-produced by

Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains

Tourcoing, France

World Sales

Best Friend Forever

Brüssel, Belgium

Photos

Patric Chiha

© Elsa Okazaki

The Austrian filmmaker of Hungarian and Lebanese descent studied fashion design at ESAA Duperré in Paris and film editing at INSAS – Institut Supérieur des Arts in Brussels. He makes both fiction and documentary films. His feature-length fiction debut Domaine, starring Béatrice Dalle, premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. His films Brüder der Nacht, Si c’était de l’amour and, most recently, La Bête dans la jungle, have all screened in the Berlinale Panorama. He lives and works in Paris.

Filmography (selection)

2009 Domaine (Domain) 2016 Brüder der Nacht (Brothers of the Night); documentary, Berlinale 2016 2020 Si c’était de l’amour (If It Were Love); documentary, Berlinale 2020 2023 La Bête dans la jungle (The Beast in the Jungle); Berlinale 2023 2026 Un hiver russe (A Russian Winter); documentary, Berlinale 2026

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026