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4 March 2025
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
16+
Free
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“We had dreams, goals, prospects, and we were working towards them…Everything was perfect! And now…”
No family, no home, no language…
The Rising Sun is a documentary about a happy life that was destroyed by Russia, leaving darkness, uncertainty and fear ahead. This is the heartbreaking story of a young woman who, with her young son and a great tragedy of her own, found herself in the UK because of the war in Ukraine.
The Rising Sun won Best Documentary at the Manchester Film Festival Awards in 2024.
In Ukrainian with English subtitles. Running Time: 72 minutes.
BOOKING COMING SOON!
The Rising Sun official trailer
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