Stever's Locarno Competition Film Reshaped by Ukraine War
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- Anna Melikova, a Ukrainian writer, wrote the screenplay "I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming" and said at Locarno that "the reality changed our plans," pointing to the war reshaping their production.
- Isabelle Stever directs the Locarno competition title, her second creative collaboration with wife and screenwriter Anna Melikova after a prior film that premiered at the Berlinale.
Why it matters: The film is part of a growing slate of Ukrainian-made, war-era works reaching top-tier Western festivals, giving Locarno jurors and buyers a direct channel into how the conflict is reshaping artistic choices and what stories can be told at all.
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