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I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

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I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

direction Isabelle Stever

Germany, Ukraine 2026 Fiction Cor 100 min.

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The love of Olya and Oleh, a young queer Ukrainian couple, is put to the test when one partner’s gender transition collides with Russia’s full-scale invasion. As the war narrows and challenges the boundaries of masculinity and femininity, they struggle to preserve their bond and their sense of self. What does it mean to be a man in a country fighting for its identity and survival? Winner of the L’ambiente è qualità di vita award at the Locarno Film Festival.

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direction

Isabelle Stever

screenplay

Anna Melikova

cinematography

Volodymyr Usyk

editing

Paul Groebel, Laura Lauzemis

sound edition

Matthias Lempert

sound design

Andreas Hildebrandt

casting

Dasha Plahtiy

production design

Mirko Rachor

art direction

Yurii Denysenkov

cast

Tania Myronyshena, Markus Bright, Iryna Mak, Viktor Zhdanov, Maiia Sobolevska, Maria Myronyshena, Oleksandr Rudynskyi

production

Uwe Schott, Tom Tykwer

co-production

Natalia Libet, Olha Bregman

produced by

X Filme Creative Pool

co-produced by

Westdeutscher Rundfunk

world sales

Outplay Films

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