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The Longer You Bleed

Synopsis

Exploring how war becomes spectacle in the age of endless scrolling. Following a group of young Ukrainians as they watch their country’s destruction unfold online, the film blends vérité intimacy with experimental absurdity to reveal how social media is reshaping our relationship to trauma, detachment, and the limits of empathy.
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Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Features
Running time
73 min
Director
Ewan Waddell 1st Feature
Producer
Ewan Waddell, Liubov Dyvak
Executive Producer
Ewan Waddell
Editor
Ewan Waddell
Screenwriter
Ewan Waddell
Director of Photography
Ewan Waddell
Sound
Ewan Waddell
Composer
Maria Kebuladze, Ostap Kukhar, Yuriy Bulichev
Principal cast
Yarik Yanchuk, Valeria Schiller, Lesia Khomenko, Ksenia Demianovska, Natalia Lushnikova, Mariya Polyarush, Julia Kafizova, Aly Ivanova, Maryna Dovhanych, Herman Severyn, Liubov Dyvak
Research
Lars Holgate, Uma Chaghaghi, Liubov Dyvak
Audio Mix & Additional Sound Design
Alexander Dähling (Crux Production)

Genre

Human Rights Climate / Environment Science

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ewan Waddell

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