November 19, 2017
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The Distant Barking of Dogs (2017)

Name: The Distant Barking of Dogs
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2017-11-19

1h 31m

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November 19, 2017
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Plot.

Hnutove, Donbass, eastern Ukraine, 2015. Young Oleg lives in a war zone where anti-aircraft gunshots and missile attacks often resonate dangerously near. Although many inhabitants have already left this dangerous area, he remains with his grandmother, who has cared for him since his mother's death, because they have nowhere to go. They are just waiting for the war to end.

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Release Date
November 19, 2017

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 31m

Filming Locations
Hnutove, Ukraine

Genres
Documentary War & Politics

Last updated: 2025-02-12

This Movie Is About.

grandparent grandchild relationship

cousin cousin relationship

war zone

war child

war in donbass

russian invasion of ukraine

russian federation

2010s

Wiki.

The Distant Barking of Dogs (Danish: Olegs krig) is a 2017 documentary film produced by Monica Hellström, and directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont. The film, set in Hnutove near Mariupol, follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year during the War in Donbass. Through Oleg's perspective, the film examines what it means to grow up in a war zone.

The film premiered at the 2017 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, where it won the IDFA Competition for First Appearance.

The family documented in the film subsequently fled following the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022.