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
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:
Mariusz Margas
Marta Kotowska
Steven Okazaki
Jacob Thuesen
Andrzej Juraszczyk
Michal Napierzynski
Grażyna Gradoń
Peter Winther
Additional Photography:
Mariusz Margas
Hans Jurgen Burkard
Dima Rakov
Ivan Finogeev
Yuliya Galochkina
Sacha Borisov
Maksim Drozdov
Assistant Editor:
Jeppe Hansen
Beata Boguś
Assistant Production Manager:
Irina Soloviova
Shundell Prasad
Martín Andrade
Jonas Bruun
Allison Hoen
Stefan Ohm Frederiksen
Masha Margas
Valery Primak
Malou Stalholt
Roman Barzhan
Andrey Klimovskih
Erzhena Vanchikova
Evelin Orgmets
Louise Hammer
Sofie Kirkegaard Jansen
Associate Producer:
Monika Jankowiak
Piotr Uzarowicz
Ewa Laxa
Co-Editor:
Yann Coquart
Co-Producer:
Anne Dillon
Director:
Hanna Polak
Director of Photography:
Hanna Polak
Editor:
Marcin Kot Bastkowski
Hanna Polak
Executive Producer:
Piotr Polak
Phie Ambo
Sigrid Dyekjær
Hanka Kastelicová
Jan Rofekamp
Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Eva Mulvad
Mikala Krogh
Music Consultant:
Paweł Juzwuk
Joanna Badełek
Original Music Composer:
Keaton Henson
Post-Production Manager:
Søren Green
Piotr Rejmer
Producer:
Hanna Polak
Sigrid Dyekjær
Izabela Łopuch
Producer's Assistant:
Sidsel Lønvig Siersted
Kirstine Barfod
Production Manager:
Dorota Rozowska
Public Relations:
Freddy Neumann
Sound:
Brian Dyrby
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Sound Designer:
Michał Dominowski
Sound Effects:
Lee Chung-gyu
Shin i Na
Writer:
Hanna Polak
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