No Obvious Signs
Film Screening
“No obvious signs” is the phrase that demobilized Ukrainian soldiers returning from war hear in the hospitals where they seek help. If their bodies have no injuries, doctors and society at large do not address their underlying problems. What is the reality behind the discourse of military heroism? What do those who have been to war face in civilian life, and how long will they struggle with the aftermath of the war? This documentary is about one woman returning from war, talking to psychologists, battling PTSD and panic attacks, and trying to regain a normal life.
No Obvious Signs
Ukraine, 2017
documentary, 64 min
in Ukrainian and Russian, with Hungarian and English subtitles
Film Info
Director: Alina Gorlova
Producers: Mariya Berlinska, Alina Gorlova
Editor: Alina Gorlova
Cinematography by Oleksiy Kuchma
Sound: Vasyl Yavtushenko
Music by Ptakh Jung
About the director
Alina Gorlova is a director and film editor from Ukraine. She graduated from the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film and TV. She directs documentaries and short fiction films, as well as social and commercial ads. Her first feature-length documentary was Kholodny Yar. Intro (2016). Her second documentary No Obvious Signs received four awards at the Docudays UA (2018). Her latest film, This Rain Will Never Stop was presented to the Hungarian audiences at the 18th Verzió Film Festival in 2021. After the war broke out, Aline joined the defenders of Kiev and participates in humanitarian activities.
The film will be screened with Hungarian and English subtitles. Registration is required.
The program is part of the fearless program series organized by Blinken OSA and Freeszfe Association.