"PIANO" APPRECIATED IN FRANCE
Last weekend turned out to be a lucky one also for the film "Piano" by Vita Maria Drygas. The documentary film was given the award at the festival Escales Documentaires.
During the French festival Escales Documentaires, 62 films from 21 countries of the world were shown. The awards were presented on November 13 in La Rochelle, and the Youth Award went to Vita Maria Drygas for her film "Piano."
The protagonist of "Piano" is a piano, rescued by a music conservatory student, which was intended to strengthen the construction of the barricades on Ukrainian Maidan, but it became a participant and the symbol of the revolution. The instrument united the fates of the film's protagonists, each of whom had to face a different choice, wanting to take their rightful place in the dramatic conflict with dignity.
Soon after, the piano united also the protesters on Maidan, who, regardless of frost and snow, day and night sang the national anthem of Ukraine and poignant folk songs together. The instrument turned out to be more dangerous than bottles with Molotov cocktail. The authorities called the musicians "piano extremists."
You can read more about the award-winners on the festival's website.