---
title: 'Photophobia (2023)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ivan Ostrochovský'
released: '2023-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 71
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Slovakia'
  - 'Czech Republic'
  - 'Ukraine'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/photophobia-2023'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28635495/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Photophobia (2023)

2023 · 71 min · Documentary · Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine

Original title: Svetloplachosť

## Synopsis

Photophobia is a 2023 docudrama film written and directed by Ivan Ostrochovský, and Pavol Pekarčík. It premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar, in which it won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. A co-production between Slovakia, Czech Republic and Ukraine, it was shot in Ukraine during the Russian invasion.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ivan Ostrochovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-ostrochovsky), [Pavol Pekarcik](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavol-pekarcik)
- **Screenplay:** [Ivan Ostrochovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-ostrochovsky), [Pavol Pekarcik](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavol-pekarcik), [Marek Leščák](https://cinepixo.com/people/marek-lescak)
- **Producer:** [Ivan Ostrochovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-ostrochovsky), [Kristýna Michálek Květová](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristyna-michalek-kvetova), [Tomás Michálek](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-michalek), [Albert Malinovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-malinovsky), [Katarína Tomková](https://cinepixo.com/people/katarina-tomkova)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ivan Ostrochovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-ostrochovsky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michal Novinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/michal-novinski)

## Cast

- [Yevhenii Borshch](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevhenii-borshch)
- [Viktoriia Mats](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktoriia-mats)
- [Tatian Valentynovna](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatian-valentynovna)
- [Nikita Tyshchenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-tyshchenko)
- [Yana Yevdokymova](https://cinepixo.com/people/yana-yevdokymova)
- [Vitaly Pavlovitch](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitaly-pavlovitch)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/photophobia-2023
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