A Rising Fury

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A Rising Fury

Released Oct 27, 2023

1h 22m

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A Rising Fury follows two hopeful Ukrainian idealists from the peaceful protest in Kyiv in 2013 to the full-scale Russian invasion to Ukraine in 2022. Pavlo and Svitlana met and fell in love at the Maidan Revolution and were filmed over 8 years with several expeditions to the frontlines of the war. Pavlo loses his family home from the invasion and joins the Ukrainian military. Both find themselves on the battle lines, protecting their land, democracy, and their relationship.

Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A spellbinding, well-edited and engrossing documentary.

Oct 27, 2023

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Alton Williams

Battle Royale With Cheese

Ukraine fought back and continues to fight back through the pain. But, one wishes this documentary was put together in a way that doesn’t wander to get it all across.

Mar 7, 2023

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Bobby LePire

Film Threat

Ruslan Batytskyi and Lesya Kalynska have made something intimate yet broad in scope, heartwarming but frustrating, educational and tense at the same time, funny as well as shocking. In every conceivable way, this is a perfect film.

Rated: 10/10

Feb 13, 2023

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Dallas King

Flick Feast

the documentary provides the audience with a real human connection to the struggle and builds a strong emotional response to the unfolding drama.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 21, 2023

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Christopher Machell

CineVue

This is far from a perfect documentary Pavlo and Svitlana could have been presented with more depth. But it is also a resolutely personal film, with a bitterly painful close. Batytskyi and Kalynska’s title is bang on: there is profound fury here.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 17, 2023

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

A Rising Fury is mesmerizing and unforgettable cinema precisely because amidst all this war we are never allowed to forget that these are human beings.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Jan 16, 2023

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A Rising Fury follows two hopeful Ukrainian idealists from the peaceful protest in Kyiv in 2013 to the full-scale Russian invasion to Ukraine in 2022. Pavlo and Svitlana met and fell in love at the Maidan Revolution and were filmed over 8 years with several expeditions to the frontlines of the war. Pavlo loses his family home from the invasion and joins the Ukrainian military. Both find themselves on the battle lines, protecting their land, democracy, and their relationship.

Director: Lesya Kalynska, Ruslan Batytskyi
Producer: T.J. Collins, Jonathan Borge Lie, Lesya Kalynska, Ruslan Batytskyi
Screenwriter: Lesya Kalynska
Distributor: Pomegranate Studios
Genre: Documentary, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 22m