Songs of Slow Burning Earth

Songs of Slow Burning Earth throws us into the chaos at Kyiv’s train station immediately after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In a rare and harrowing opening scene, the film captures the panic of war’s first days. In that moment, it’s hard to imagine that air raid sirens will soon become part of Ukraine’s daily reality—and only a distant echo for the rest of the world. Through a tapestry of scenes, landscapes, voices, and sounds from varying distances to the front line, the film asks: is it still possible to dream of the future?