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Releasing on Nov 22, 2024
  • 2024
  • R
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2024
  • R
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.

Directed By: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev

Written By: Aniela Sidorska, Brendan Bellomo, Paula DuPré Pesmen, Slava Leontyev

  • 2024
  • R
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2024
  • R
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 27 m

Porcelain War

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
72
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Summary Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.

Directed By: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev

Written By: Aniela Sidorska, Brendan Bellomo, Paula DuPré Pesmen, Slava Leontyev

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
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90
Feb 7, 2024
A combination of whimsy and devastation.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
85
Feb 7, 2024
Porcelain War is an engaging, timely look at art, war, homeland pride, and the resilience of the human spirit. While it is not subtle, it is impactful and never dull.
By Bobby LePire FULL REVIEW
83
Jan 26, 2024
That Porcelain War emerges as a taut, effective war documentary that also features compelling animated sequences within the beautiful artwork of its lead subjects makes it a stand-out piece of filmmaking. Its existence proves its own point: even in war, there must be life. Art sustains us and helps us survive.
By Dan Mecca FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 26, 2024
Cinematic essays take many forms: few are as fragile and contemplative as Porcelain War.
By Fionnuala Halligan FULL REVIEW
73
Jan 22, 2024
Porcelain War‘s questions around how we cope, and what’s worth fighting for, are as vital as ever with the world still full of ignored pandemics, government-sponsored genocide and ongoing invasions.
By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 29, 2024
There’s a great deal of beauty in Porcelain War and there’s a potent artistry behind it, but I’ve never watched a documentary with so many running visual metaphors and so little faith that the audience will be able to grasp them. It’s a bit stunning and a bit insulting all at once.
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 26, 2024
The directors never quite find the right symmetry between scenes of life and art with those that uncritically glorify violence.
By Marya E. Gates FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Songbird Studios, Imaginary Lane
Release Date Nov 22, 2024
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating R
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Website https://www.porcelainwar.com
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Awards

Woods Hole Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Port Townsend Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Dallas International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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