Something Better to Come

This film will make your jaw drop.
-- Volkskraant, Amsterdam

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Something Better to Come

Ten-year-old Yula lives in one of the most desolate places on Earth: the Svalka, the biggest junkyard in Europe, 20 km outside the center of Moscow. Surrounded by a tall fence and guards, the area is closely monitored to keep intruders out.

In the junkyard lives a group of people in a small, lawless society. These people make up Yula’s closest family; here she lives her life, and from here her future springs.

For a period of 14 years, the film follows Yula’s life.

Something Better to Come has won the following awards:
Special Jury Award: International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2014
Trieste Film Festival: The Alpe Adria Cinema Award, Best Documentary
Art DocFest Moscow: Grand Prix of ArtDoc
ZagrebDox 2015: Special Mention
FIFDH, Geneva: The Youth Jury Price, Creative Documentary
EuroDok: Jury Award, Best Documentary
One World Brussels: Special Mention
Documenta Madrid: Second Price of the Jury
Doc.fest Munich: VIKTOR Main Competition DOK.international
Docs Against Gravity: Millennium Award for Best Feature Documentary Film
Docs Against Gravity: Canon Non Fiction Frame - Special Mention

“The living conditions of Yula and the others we meet may seem dehumanizing, but Ms. Polak finds humanity nonetheless.” (Neil Genzlinger, New York Times)
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Bio-pic
Runtime
98
Language
Russian
Director
Hanna Polak
FEATURED REVIEW
Pete Vonder Haar, Village Voice

Less than fifteen miles from Moscow's Red Square is the "Svalka," the largest garbage dump in Europe. It's run by the Russian military and officially restricted to visitors, yet still serves as a home of sorts to roughly a thousand people, one of whom is the subject of Hanna Polak's powerful ...

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