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Valeria am Reichstag | ©Hannes Schulze
©Hannes Schulze

Ab 18! - Following Valeria

    Documentary (Series) | 2022 | 3sat | Migration, Portrait, War | Germany

    Main data

    DirectorNicola Fegg
    Written byNicola Fegg
    ProductionChromosom Film GmbH

    Project data

    Length of movie32 min

    Posters

    Brief synopsis

    During the war in Ukraine, a young woman becomes an accidental ambassador of war with her humorous TikTok channel. We follow her as she escapes her hometown and heads to Europe, struggling between the image of a refugee and social media celebrity.

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Director of photographyHannes Schulze [1]
    Additional photographyEdoardo Scussel
    DirectorNicola Fegg
    EditorNina Caspers
    Dramaturgical editing advisorMarc Sebastian Eils
    ComposerJosef Bach
    ComposerArne Schumann
    ComposerChristy O'Donnell
    ProducerJulia Niethammer
    Postproduction managerEdd Maggs
    ScreenwriterNicola Fegg
    Sound recordist (non fiction)Olha Havrylenko
    Sound designerSebastian Reuter
    Commissioning editorUdo Bremer
    3sat    		3sat

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Chromosom Film GmbH

    Festivals

    YearCountryFestivalComment
    2023GermanyDOK.fest München
    2023United KingdomSheffield DocFest

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    First showingGermany3satMonday, 05/12/2022, 11.35 PM

    Links

    Articles / Reports
    New Yorker Articlehttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/a-ukrainian-tiktok-influencer-shares-her-life-as-a-refugee-in-following-valeria
    Grimmepreis Nominierunghttps://www.grimme-preis.de/archiv/2023/nominierungen/nominierte-detail/d/ab-18-following-valeria-chromosom-film-fuer-zdf-3sat