Philip Sotnychenko’s award-winning DV debut feature uncovers the hidden connections between the violence of the past and the present. Shot on raw DV cameras, La Palisiada centres around an investigation into the murder of a police colonel in 1996 that ultimately leads to the final execution to take place in independent Ukraine. 25 years later, a new generation of young Ukrainians are facing their own personal and political crises, with shocking consequences.

Winner of the FIPRESCI Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2023, Sotnychenko’s meta-cinematic investigation into the alienated underbelly of post-Soviet Ukraine is a muted reckoning with a past that must be confronted before its insidious grip on the present can be loosened.

Presented by Klassiki.