Viktor
Synopsis
Viktor, a young Deaf man in Kharkiv, watches warily during the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A fan of samurai films and raised on stories of war, he dreams of becoming a warrior but is repeatedly denied when he tries to enlist. Eager to find purpose, Viktor embarks on a quest to find his place in the midst of a war he cannot hear.
The Filmmakers
Olivier Sarbil Director
Olivier Sarbil is a multi-award-winning French documentary Director and two-time Emmy® winning Cinematographer whose credits include the Emmy® nominated ON THE PRESIDENT’S ORDERS (2019), and MOSUL (2017) which won an Emmy® for Best Cinematography, was Emmy nominated for Best Documentary, and BAFTA nominated for Best Cinematography. Over the past two decades, Sarbil has worked extensively in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, North America and Asia, on many of the most pressing global conflicts and social issues that the world has faced.
Darren Aronofsky Producer
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky was born and raised in Brooklyn. Aronofsky heads Protozoa based in Chinatown NYC. His credits include π, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, THE FOUNTAIN, THE WRESTLER, BLACK SWAN, NOAH, mother!, THE WHALE, the Sphere’s POSTCARD FROM EARTH, and the upcoming CAUGHT STEALING for Sony Pictures. As a producer his credits include JACKIE, THE GOOD NURSE, SOME KIND OF HEAVEN, Peabody and Emmy-winning THE TERRITORY, National Geographic's LIMITLESS, starring Chris Hemsworth, WELCOME TO EARTH, ONE STRANGE ROCK, and the upcoming POLE TO POLE starring Will Smith. He produces VIKTOR alongside Protozoa’s Dylan Golden and Brendan Naylor.
Dylan Golden Producer
Dylan Golden is a producer at PROTOZOA. His work includes Darren Aronofsky’s mother! and THE WHALE, the docuseries BLACK GOLD, and the films THE TERRITORY and LITTLE DEATH.
Brendan Naylor Producer
Brendan Naylor is a producer at PROTOZOA working across film, TV, and theater. While at PROTOZOA, he's worked on Darren Aronofsky's THE WHALE, and the films SOME KIND OF HEAVEN and THE TERRITORY. Upcoming films include RISE and LITTLE DEATH.
Sigrid Dyekjær Producer
Producer Sigrid Dyekjær is an Oscar-nominated, two time Emmy-award winning producer with a slate spanning over 60 documentary films during the last 24 years. Notable projects include THE CAVE by Feras Fayyad (2020), THE TERRITORY by Alex Pritz (2022), APOLONIA APOLINIA by Lea Golb (2023), UNDER THE SKY OF DAMASCUS by Heba Khaled and Oscar nominated Talal Derki and Ali Wajeeh (2023), MERKEL by Eva Weber (2022) and Oscar nominated Guy Davidi ́s film INNOCENCE (2022). Recently, Sigrid premiered her latest film DEMOCRACY NOIR at CPH:DOX and it is now screening in film festivals around the world. Sigrid teaches at the National Film School of Denmark and at DOK Incubator, an initiative supported by Media. She also holds master class lectures at film schools around the world and courses in documentary filmmaking.