Sequela

Year

2026

Country

Ukraine

Duration

15’

Director

Tetiana Symon

Rescued by a combat medic after a severe injury on the frontline, a Ukrainian soldier undergoes rehabilitation, confronting physical and emotional challenges on his path back to civilian life, driven by a single wish: to return home.

Content warning: depiction of war

Within one screening of this movie, you also will be able to watch the films Freshman, Our Birthdays, Images from Tuvalu

Production

Spoluka Films / Сполука Філмс

Awards

Award at the 16th Odesa International Film Festival in the Work in Progress category

Director

Tetiana Symon

Tetiana Symon is a Ukrainian director, acting coach, casting director and assistant director. She graduated from the Karpenko-Karyi National University of Theatre, Film and Television in Kyiv with a degree in Feature Film Directing. In 2015, Tetiana made her short debut, Junk. After this, she started as a casting director and acting coach, working with professional and non-professional actors on feature films. She has collaborated with leading Ukrainian directors such as Valentyn Vasianovych, Roman Bondarchuk, Iryna Tsilyk, Maryna Er Horbach, and Maksym Nakonechnyi. Tetiana specialises in working with non-professional actors in feature films. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Tetiana has been actively working on documentary projects. She is the head of witness interviews for the Ukraine War Archive project, an initiative by the Docudays UA team. Since its founding, the team has collected over 900 interviews with people who have survived occupation, who have worked on evacuation or organised volunteer hubs.

Filmography

Witnesses. Captivity Kills (2024), Witnesses. To the North of Kyiv (2023), Junk (2015)