GFS: Carol of the Bells

CLUB 18+120 min

Synopsis

Ukraine, 1938. Three neighbouring families; Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish, celebrate their Christmases with renditions of Carol of the Bells, adapted from a popular and beloved Ukrainian folk melody.Faced with persecution from both the Soviet and Nazi occupation of Ukraine, the Polish and Jewish families turn to their Ukrainian neighbours to save their children from the threat of those regimes.

“Morgunets’ period drama, completed in 2021, sadly takes on new resonance amid the renewed invasion of Ukraine but uplifts with its enduring message of the triumph of the human spirit.” - Galway Film Fleadh 2022