Poland
UNDER THE VOLCANO
105 MIN
2024
A blended Ukrainian family spends the last day of their vacation in Tenerife, Spain. When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine strands them on the island, they must contend with isolation, duty, fear… and each other.

Cast & Crew
Producer: Mikolaj Lizut, Agnieszka Jastrzębska
Director: Damian Kocur
Script: Damian Kocur, Marta Konarzewska
Director of Photography: Nikita Kuzmienko
Production Design: Aleksandra Markowska
Music: Uirá dos Reis, Fafa Nascimento
Sound: Serhii Avdieiev
Editing: Alan Zejer
Cast: Sofiia Berezovska, Roman Lutskyi, Anastasiia Karpienko, Fedir Pugachov, Mike Mensah
Production: Lizart Film, Hawk Art

Awards
Best Director, Best Actor, Marrakesh IFF, 2024; Best Debut Actor, Polish FF, 2024
Damian Kocur
Director, scriptwriter, and cinematographer. PhD student at the Łódź Film School. He is the author of several internationally awarded short films. His debut feature film Bread and Salt (2022) was awarded the Special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti Competition at the Venice FF 2022, Cairo IFF, Antalya IFF, Cottbus FF, and many more. His last short film As It Was was nominated for Palme d'Or at Cannes 2023.

Filmography
Lesson (short, 2013), 21 Days (short, 2014), What I Want (short, 2015), The Return (short, 2016), Nothing New under the Sun (short, 2017), 1410 (short, 2018), My Heart (short, 2019), Beyond Is the Day (short, 2020), Bread and Salt (2022), As It Was (short, 2023), Under the Volcano (2024).

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