Recovery Room
Ukraine and the Ukrainian Diaspora
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1h 15m
London International Filmmaker Festival
Geneva Film Festival
High Falls Film Festival
Directed by Adriana Luhovy, Recovery Room is a feature documentary that tells the story of several humanitarian Canadian Medical Missions to Ukraine. Plastic surgeons with their specialized team of 25 Canadian health professionals arrive at the Main Military Clinical Hospital in Kyiv during 2014 and 2015. Composed entirely of volunteers, they try to make a difference in the lives of wounded Ukrainian soldiers, victims of the Russian invasion of Eastern Ukraine. This gripping film follows them perform complex reconstructive surgical procedures resulting from sniper fire and explosions.
Canada, Ukraine - 2017 - 1h 15m
Directed By: Adriana Luhovy
Written By: Yurij Luhovy, Oksana Rozumna
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