UKRAINE'S REFUGEE CHESS PRODIGY (Short Doc)

EDITOR

MAKSYM IS A 9-YEAR-OLD UKRAINIAN CHESS PRODIGY WHO DREAMS OF BEING A GRANDMASTER BY AGE 12. TODAY, HE LIVES AS A REFUGEE WITH HIS MOTHER IN YORKSHIRE WHILE COMPETING IN TOURNAMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS SHORT DOCUMENTARY CAPTURES A WEEKEND IN THE LIFE OF MAKSYM AND HIS MOTHER, IRYNA.


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DIRECTED BY KATERYNA PAVLYUK
PRODUCED BY MARY PATTISSON & DAN HODGSON
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY JULIA ALCAMO
EDITED BY MIGUEL PINTO

IN COLLABORATION WITH HAPPENSTANCE FILMS, 2023