Divia (Cinecity)

Part of CINECITY 2025

War is primarily a human tragedy, but we should not forget that nature typically suffers with us. Divia is a meditative, sound-driven journey through a wounded land — an elemental portrait of Ukraine where nature and war converge in haunting, wordless poetry.

Without dialogue or narration, landscapes bear silent testimony to destruction and quiet resilience. Ashen forests, cratered fields, and the rusting skeletons of war machines haunt the frame — each image a trace of the violence etched into the soil. Meanwhile, mine clearance personnel, people searching for bodies, ecologists, and animal activists work tirelessly to measure the scale of the tragedy and restore lost natural resources and fragile ecosystems.

“An immersive and oddly beautiful documentary about the destructive nature of war and the war of nature fighting back… a stark and necessary reminder that human warfare costs more than just human life…” - International Cinephile Society