A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 22, 2014
Original Title:
Something Better to Come
Alternate Titles:
Børnene på Putins losseplads
Eit betre liv i vente
Nadejdą lepsze czasy
Parempi huominen
Soptippens barn
Valami jobbra várva
Yula's Dream
Yulas Welt
Человек живет для лучшего
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Danish Documentary
Det Danske Filminstitut
HBO Europe
Nordic Film and Television Fund
PISF
Production Countries:
Denmark | Poland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 97
Right outside of Moscow – home to the highest number of billionaires pr. capita – you’ll find the largest junkyard in the world: The Svalka. It’s a hard place run by the Russian mafia. And it's where Yula lives with her mother, her friends and many other people. Life is tough in the Svalka, but it’s also a place where beauty and humanity can arise from the most unlikely conditions. It is from this place that Yula dreams of escaping and changing her life, even if it seems impossible. Oscar-nominated director Hanna Polak followed Yula for 14 years, bringing us along on Yula's journey to achieve this dream.
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Additional Editing:
Grażyna Gradoń
Andrzej Juraszczyk
Marta Kotowska
Mariusz Margas
Michal Napierzynski
Peter Winther Nielsen
Steven Okazaki
Jacob Thuesen
Additional Photography:
Sacha Borisov
Hans Jurgen Burkard
Maksim Drozdov
Ivan Finogeev
Yuliya Galochkina
Mariusz Margas
Dima Rakov
Assistant Editor:
Beata Boguś
Jeppe Hansen
Assistant Production Manager:
Martín Andrade
Roman Barzhan
Jonas Bruun
Louise Hammer
Allison Hoen
Sofie Kirkegaard Jansen
Andrey Klimovskih
Masha Margas
Stefan Ohm Frederiksen
Evelin Orgmets
Shundell Prasad
Valery Primak
Irina Soloviova
Malou Stalholt
Erzhena Vanchikova
Associate Producer:
Ewa Laxa
Monika Jankowiak
Piotr Uzarowicz
Co-Editor:
Yann Coquart
Co-Producer:
Anne Dillon
Director:
Hanna Polak
Director of Photography:
Hanna Polak
Editor:
Marcin Kot Bastkowski
Hanna Polak
Executive Producer:
Jan Rofekamp
Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Sigrid Dyekjær
Eva Mulvad
Mikala Krogh
Phie Ambo
Piotr Polak
Hanka Kastelicová
Music Consultant:
Joanna Badełek
Paweł Juzwuk
Original Music Composer:
Keaton Henson
Post-Production Manager:
Søren Green
Piotr Rejmer
Producer:
Sigrid Dyekjær
Izabela Łopuch
Hanna Polak
Producer's Assistant:
Kirstine Barfod
Sidsel Lønvig Siersted
Production Manager:
Dorota Rozowska
Public Relations:
Freddy Neumann
Sound:
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Brian Dyrby
Sound Designer:
Michał Dominowski
Sound Effects:
Lee Chung-gyu
Shin i Na
Writer:
Hanna Polak
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