The Tribe
Netherlands, Ukraine, 2014, 130 minutes, Color, Ukrainian sign language
2015 Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards; Best Film British Film Institute Awards ; Sutherland Trophy Best Director 2014 Golden Apricot FF; FIPRESCI Prize Austin Fantastic Fest; Best Director European Film Awards; European Discovery of the Year Cannes FF; Critics Week Grand Prize Cork FF; Spirit of the Festival Award Denver FF; Best Feature Film Ghent FF; Best Film Motovun FF; Best Film Sitges FF; Carnet Jove Jury Award
Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Screenplay: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Cinematography: Valentin Vasyanovych
Editing: Valentin Vasyanovych
Sound Design: Sergiy Stepanskiy
Production: Garmata Film Production
Cast: Yana Novikova, Grigoriy Fesenko, Rosa Babiy, Alexander Dsiadevich, Yaroslav Biletskiy, Ivan Tishko, Alexander Osadchiy, Alexander Sidelnikov, Sasha Rusakov, Denis Gruba, Dania Bykobiy, Lenia Pisanenko, Alexander Panivan, Kirill Koshik, Marina Panivan, Tatiana Radchenko, Ludmila Rudenko
Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for deaf-and-dumb. In this new place, he needs to find his way through the hierarchy of the school’s network dealing with crimes and prostitution, “the Tribe”.
By taking part of several robberies, he gets propelled higher into the organization. Then he meets one of the Chief’s concubines Anna, and unwillingly breaks all the unwritten rules of the tribe.