World premiere

Lost Stars of the Horoscope

Local title
Kadunud tähed
Title in Russian
Потерявшиеся звёздочки
Original title
Lost Stars of the Horoscope
Director
Katrina Lehismäe
Country
Estonia
Year
2025
Programme
Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition, Standing with Ukraine
Genre
Observational documentary
Subject
war, youth

When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it triggered Europe’s largest movement of refugees since World War II. According to the UN Refugee Agency, roughly one third of Ukraine’s population is displaced. This film follows three Ukrainian girls, Iryna, Sasha and Masha and their families over the course of a year as they attempt to build their new lives in Estonia. The longer the girls remain in Estonia they are forced to make plans for their futures and consider the bearing these might have on their identities, all the while processing the trauma of war and the loss of home and their old lives.

Director
Katrina Lehismäe
Screenwriter
Katrina Lehismäe
Producer
Katrina Lehismäe, Jacob Finbow, Hanna Davidova
Cinematographer
Katrina Lehismäe
Music
Ruairi Rollins
Runtime
Language
Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian
Subtitles
Estonian, English

Screenings

Hall Electric Cinema, TARTU
Screening103014 / Kadunud tähed
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
8th Hall Apollo Kino Plaza
Screening150818 / Kadunud tähed
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
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