Feature Film AFIN 252
THE CRANES CALL
Directed by Laura Warner
AFIN 2024 Winner
- 2024
- 1h 30m
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UK - English
- R18+
- Documentary
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The Cranes Call is the heart-pounding story of a relentless mission to secure accountability for the mass atrocities occurring in Ukraine. In this real time crime thriller set in a warzone, director Laura Warner embeds with war crimes investigator Anya Neistat and her team as they track down a group of survivors bold enough to take a stand against those who committed the most heinous crimes of rape, torture and murder against their families. Working with the Clooney Foundation for Justice, led by Amal and George Clooney, Anya joins forces with Solomiia Stasiv, a young Ukrainian woman just entering the field after witnessing the brutal invasion of her homeland. Together, they document evidence of human rights abuses in the fight to bring Russian commanders and soldiers to trial, and justice to the Ukrainian people
From the Judges
From the Judges
The sound and costume work give texture to a documentary whose artistry sits alongside genuinely serious, urgent subject matter. The panel found it powerful and deeply relevant to our own moment, the kind of film whose craft honours the difficulty of the story it carries. A work that earns a wide audience.
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THE CRANES CALL was Winner of Best Documentary Feature at the AFIN International Film Festival 2024, a Top 100 Best Reviewed and IMDb-qualifying festival.
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