screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.37:1
sound format
5.1 Audiomix
original-language
Russian, Ukrainian
subtitles
German, English, French
Inspired by the events around the life of Lev Rebet, Ukrainian author and editor-in-chief of the Munich-based exile newspaper "Ukrainian Independist," CRITICAL CONDITION portrays the fates of the Ukrainian diaspora in the past and present.
director
Mila Zhluktenko
Production
Michael Kalb
Editing
Daniel Asadi Faezi
DOP
Tobias Blickle
Original Score
Marja Burchard
Sound Design
Philip Hutter
Szenenbild / Production Design
Leonie Lindner
Cast
Ihor Shulha, Vita Smachelyuk
Script
Mila Zhluktenko
film school
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
Festivals
2025
Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes, France
2025
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025
Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Portugal
2025
Festival Silhouette, Paris, France
2025
Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
2026
Vilnius International Film Festival KINOPAVASARIS, Lithuania
2026
Independent Film Festival of Athens, Greece
School
- Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
- Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
- 80333 München
- Deutschland
- http://www.hff-muc.de
Sales
- Lights On
- http://www.lightsonfilm.com
Production
- Michael Kalb
- +49 170 9739901
- http://michael-kalb.de
Distribution
- Michael Kalb
- +49 170 9739901
- http://michael-kalb.de
Mila Zhluktenko
Mila Zhluktenko was born 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine. She studied in the Documentary Department at the University of Television and Film Munich. Her films have been screened and awarded at numerous film festivals, including IDFA, Visions du Réel, and DOK Leipzig.
Filmography
2017 FIND FIX FINISH
2019 БІНОКЛЬ/OPERA GLASSES
2023 waking up in silence
2025 Rückblickend betrachtet
2025 Critical Condition
