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Mila Zhluktenko

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Mila Zhluktenko

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Mila Zhluktenko studied documentary filmmaking at HFF Munich. Her films have been screened at a number of international festivals including the Berlinale, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the San Sebastian Film Festival, MoMA’s Doc Fortnight and at Visions du Réel. Her current works co-directed with Daniel Asadi Faezi include Aralkum (Juryprize Visions du R…

Known For

Iron ButterfliesIron Butterflies · 2023
Iron Butterflies
★ 8.02023
MovieDocumentary
This lesson in political revelation focuses on the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger jet MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. A meticulous, investigative exposé that lays bare the mechanisms of Russian warfare.
In retrospectIn retrospect · 2025
In retrospect
★ 4.02025
MovieDocumentary
Immigrant workers build a shopping mall for the upcoming 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. In 2016, nine people with migrant backgrounds are killed in a racist attack at the same mall.
Find Fix FinishFind Fix Finish · 2017
Find Fix Finish
2017
MovieDocumentary
Find Fix Finish delves into the stories of three US-Drone pilots revealing the clandestine operational strategies practiced by the US Government.
Opera GlassesOpera Glasses · 2019
Opera Glasses
2019
MovieDocumentary
One night with the guest and workers at the Kyiv Opera House in Ukraine.
Waking Up in SilenceWaking Up in Silence · 2023
Waking Up in Silence
★ 7.52023
MovieDocumentary
A summer’s day in a former German military barrack: children forced to flee Ukraine have found refuge here. In their games, they discover military symbols from the past and link them to their experiences.
Critical ConditionCritical Condition · 2025
Critical Condition
2025
MovieDrama
Inspired by the events around the life of Lev Rebet, Ukrainian author and editor-in-chief of the Munich-based exile newspaper "Ukrainian Independist", the film portrays the fates of the Ukrainian diaspora in the past and present.
AralkumAralkum · 2022
Aralkum
★ 6.52022
MovieDocumentary
The Aral “Sea” powerfully reveals the deadly impact of human activities—in this case, the intensive cultivation of cotton in the USSR—on an ecosystem. Daniel Asadi Faezi (The Absence of Apricots, VdR 2018) and Mila Zhluktenko (Find Fix Finish, VdR 2017) film the shore’s last inhabitants, who have lost their way of life to the desertification of their environment. A beautiful and poignant work about our probable future.
Dead Girls DancingDead Girls Dancing · 2023
Dead Girls Dancing
★ 4.42023
MovieDrama
On a road trip across Italy, recent high school graduates Ira, Malin and Ka pick up the intriguing backpacker Zoe. As the four girls stumble across an abandoned village, they start to experiment with the limits of their newly found freedom, away from the expectations of their parents and teachers.

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