No Obvious Signs (2018) (Ukrainian: Явних проявів немає) is a Ukrainian documentary by Ukrainian director Alina Gorlova [uk]. It is a Russian-language Ukrainian film produced by Gorlova and Ukrainian producer Mariya Berlinska [uk]. The film follows Ukrainian Army major Oksana Yakubova as she struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The film explores PTSD among female veterans of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
What is left backstage of the heroic videos of our warriors in Ukraine? What do they have to face, one on one, in peaceful life, and where does the war stop? This is the story of the woman who returns from war. Talking to psychologists, battling her PTSD and panic attacks, she tries hard to get back to normal life. The documentary shows her path from the beginning of her rehabilitation till her going back to work.
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About the Filmmakers
Patrick Hamm is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of Bulldog Agenda GmbH, a Berlin-based production company. A 2018 Berlinale Talents alumnus, he specializes in creative documentary and character-driven issue films. He most recently co-produced the hybrid documentary This Rain Will Never Stop (IDFA, GoEast), which follows a Syrian-Ukrainian Red Cross worker as he tries to secure a sustainable future while navigating the human toll of two wars. Patrick is also the producer of Freedom For the Wolf (IDFA, Sheffield DocFest, Slamdance), an epic investigation into the global rise of illiberal democracy; and executive producer of Copwatch (Tribeca) and Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island: Garenne (Arte, BBC). Patrick holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University and a B.A. in Ethics, Politics & Economics from Yale University. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Alina Gorlova, Director, was born and raised in Ukraine, she graduated Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film and Television. Alina is also experienced in making fiction shorts, and social and commercial ads. In 2016, she completed her first mid-length documentary, Kholodny Yar. Intro. Her second documentary, No Obvious Signs, has won multiple awards, including the MDR film award for outstanding Eastern European Movie at DokLeipzig 2018.
