Documentary

Dear Beautiful Beloved

Russian war in Ukraine turns houses into dust and the dead into numbers. In the midst of the ongoing invasion, new structures of care are emerging to protect those who’re alive and recover those who aren’t. Unvarnished and unforgiving, DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED documents this tireless work, which must never become a normality.

Data

Category: Documentary
Financing: Nationaler Film
Format: DCP, 90 Min
Release: 07.02.2025
Distribution: Filmdelights e.U.
Admissions: 831
Funding Film Institute: 305.000 €
Share of total production costs: 38 %
Television investment: 215.000 €
Funding program: ÖFI
first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service: 27.10.2025
Viewers: 27.000
Film location: Ukraine, Austria, Poland
Shooting time: July 2022 - July 2023
Days of shooting: 60
Completion: Winter 2023/2024
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien

Credits

Production: Horse & Fruits Filmproduktion OG
Producer: Thomas Herberth-Gombos, Florian Brüning
Director: Juri Rechinsky
Script-concept: Juri Rechinsky, Ksenya Kharchenko
DOP: Serhiy "Stefan" Stetsenko
Editor: Andrea Wagner
Sound engineer: Mariia Nesterenko
Music: Anton Baibakov
Production manager: Florian Brüning
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)