Deep in a forest by the Baltic Sea, a group of Ukrainian families come together to start the healing process with the help of golden retrievers and palamino horses at an animal therapy retreat. In the safety of the forest, the children’s memories of being illegally deported to Russia and their families’ struggles to rescue them are unraveled with the help of skilled and sensitive counsellors. The joy and humour the children discover during their time in the forest make it easy to forget that their stories are the reason the International Criminal Court recently issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. Nearly 20,000 abducted children remain in Russian institutions.
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- Released
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- Ashford Studios, Dog Star Films, New Generation Europe Foundation, Ukrainian Child Rights Network (UCRN)
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Veronika Vlasova as Self
Darya Kasyanova as Self
Nadezhda Rossinskaya as Self
Nina Vlasova as Self
Vera Vlasova as Self
Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage)
Maria Lvova-Belova as Self (archive footage)
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Sarah McCarthy · Director
Natalia Libet · Producer
George Chignell · Producer
Sheila Nevins · Executive Producer
Maria Logan · Executive Producer
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