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SOMETHING BETTER TO COME

11-year-old Yula lives in one of the most desolate places on Earth: the Svalka, the biggest junkyard in Europe, 20 km outside the center of  Moscow. Surrounded by  barbed wire and guards, the area is closely monitored to keep intruders out. But in the junkyard lives a group of people in a small, lawless society.  These people make up Yula’s closest family; here she lives her life, and from here her future springs.  

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland, Denmark
RUNNING TIME:
100'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Hanna Polak
SCRIPT:
Hanna Polak
DOP:
Hanna Polak, Mariusz Margas, Hans Jurgen Burkard, Ivan Phynogyev, Yula Galochkina, Sasha Borisov, Maxim Drozdov, Dima Rakov
EDITOR:
Marcin "Kot" Bastkowski
PRODUCTION:
Hanna Polak Films, Danish Documentary Production

Hanna Polak »

An Oscar-nominated director, graduated from the Cinematography Division of the Cinematography Institute of the Russian Federation. She worked on various movies as producer, director, cinematographer and still photographer. In 2002, she was awarded Best Producer of Documentary and Short Fiction Movies in Poland for Railway Station Ballad. In 2004 she completed work on The Children of Leningradsky in collaboration with HBO. The movie received an Oscar nomination (2005), an IDA Award, two Emmy nominations, and the Gracie Allen Award among others. Hanna has been advocating the case of homeless children all over the world. She founded and collaborated with Active Child Aid foundation and collaborates with UNICEF.

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