Hi! I'm Nicola Fegg - director of Following Valeria. I’ll be looking out for your questions about the documentary for the next few days and look forward to answering some of them! Thanks for watching.
Why didn't you ask the main heroine to speak Ukrainian, considering that this is a film about events in which Russia initiated a large-scale military invasion, supposedly with the liberation of Russian-speaking people?
@@bohdanmakarenko2546Hi! As a filmmaker who tries to document life as is I don’t want to intervene with the actions and decisions of my protagonist. I am aware of the fact that many Ukrainians refuse to speak Russian these days, but Valeria grew up in Chernihiv, which is very close to the Russian border, speaking Russian as her first language. On top of that, her Ukrainian wasn‘t as fluent as her Russian (at least at the time of filming). As far as I Know she nowadays tries to use the Ukrainian language more. Overall, as a documentarian, I felt like the fact that she practically had to use the Russian language added even more tension and ambiguity to her story. I hope that answered your question! Best, Nicola
I think, Valeria didnt realise that she has made a perfekt marketing. She has packed the hard message into a light form. Im not always ready to watch really difficult videos, but with Valeriyas approach you dont wait something really unpleasant but you still receive all important information about the life of Ukrainian people. You go, girl, its stunning!
Amazing doc, as always. It's a little bit concerning how social medias can censor political issues and opinions. And it's very important to share these cases.
She is coping the best way she knows how. It broke my heart when she asked Ursula von der Leyen When is the war going to end? Thank you for this portrait.
Cool and all, but I don't care about some stupid influencer. Why not highlight someone that actually matters? A teacher, soldier, doctor, etc. or a farmer trying to feed the people? That'd be much more interesting
You kinda missed the point of the video. People are awful. Sure, part of the reason her videos attracted interest is because she fits beauty standards (which apparently still matter in war) and was a young person speaking to young people on a youth platform. She didn't really ask for all the attention, she was just doing what kids do and suddenly she has a platform and suddenly there's a lot of pressure to produce for the world to help the fight, for her parents to get them flicking fuel, and for herself because just because she's young, pretty, snd female doesn't mean she doesn't have anything important to say. At the same times she's really struggling. Family members have died. She's in a foreign country away from her parents and everything she's known. There's a war on. If she's able to return, what will she return to? She's uncomfortable with the attention but she's trying. The only sure thing is that she didn't ask for ANY of this.
You are attacking a kid creating something to cope with the war, she isn’t selling you hair growth gummy bears. Also, we can’t underestimate how important it is to be palatale to mass western audiences, with influencer on tik tok you can relate with soldiers that are on their 10th year of service probably not
@stanamilanovich3956 Don't be ridiculous. If she doesn't want all attention and fame she just closes her account and doesn't give interviews. But this is a 33m video about her. Or someone forces her to do this?
@@Вадим-к6ж8р she wants her country free and this gives her a chance to help. And help her family. And herself. It's now a job. In the 33 min video, she declares herself deeply uncomfortable with being interviewed several times. Did you watch it?
Яеі приземлені розмови цієї дівчини-біженки з її батьками, з колежанкою, - про лахи якихось відомих фірм, нібито це має якесь значення в такій ситуації (до 7.40)
Hi! I'm Nicola Fegg - director of Following Valeria. I’ll be looking out for your questions about the documentary for the next few days and look forward to answering some of them! Thanks for watching.
Why didn't you ask the main heroine to speak Ukrainian, considering that this is a film about events in which Russia initiated a large-scale military invasion, supposedly with the liberation of Russian-speaking people?
@@bohdanmakarenko2546Hi! As a filmmaker who tries to document life as is I don’t want to intervene with the actions and decisions of my protagonist. I am aware of the fact that many Ukrainians refuse to speak Russian these days, but Valeria grew up in Chernihiv, which is very close to the Russian border, speaking Russian as her first language. On top of that, her Ukrainian wasn‘t as fluent as her Russian (at least at the time of filming). As far as I Know she nowadays tries to use the Ukrainian language more. Overall, as a documentarian, I felt like the fact that she practically had to use the Russian language added even more tension and ambiguity to her story. I hope that answered your question!
Best,
Nicola
I think, Valeria didnt realise that she has made a perfekt marketing. She has packed the hard message into a light form. Im not always ready to watch really difficult videos, but with Valeriyas approach you dont wait something really unpleasant but you still receive all important information about the life of Ukrainian people. You go, girl, its stunning!
That was really interesting, thank you!
Amazing doc, as always. It's a little bit concerning how social medias can censor political issues and opinions. And it's very important to share these cases.
She is coping the best way she knows how. It broke my heart when she asked Ursula von der Leyen When is the war going to end? Thank you for this portrait.
Hi, world peace ✌️
Chomu ne derjavnoyu?
Чому немає титрів державною мовою?
Tiktok influencer. 😅 Nah, not interested.
Cool and all, but I don't care about some stupid influencer. Why not highlight someone that actually matters? A teacher, soldier, doctor, etc. or a farmer trying to feed the people? That'd be much more interesting
You kinda missed the point of the video. People are awful. Sure, part of the reason her videos attracted interest is because she fits beauty standards (which apparently still matter in war) and was a young person speaking to young people on a youth platform. She didn't really ask for all the attention, she was just doing what kids do and suddenly she has a platform and suddenly there's a lot of pressure to produce for the world to help the fight, for her parents to get them flicking fuel, and for herself because just because she's young, pretty, snd female doesn't mean she doesn't have anything important to say. At the same times she's really struggling. Family members have died. She's in a foreign country away from her parents and everything she's known. There's a war on. If she's able to return, what will she return to? She's uncomfortable with the attention but she's trying. The only sure thing is that she didn't ask for ANY of this.
You are attacking a kid creating something to cope with the war, she isn’t selling you hair growth gummy bears. Also, we can’t underestimate how important it is to be palatale to mass western audiences, with influencer on tik tok you can relate with soldiers that are on their 10th year of service probably not
@stanamilanovich3956 Don't be ridiculous. If she doesn't want all attention and fame she just closes her account and doesn't give interviews. But this is a 33m video about her. Or someone forces her to do this?
@@Вадим-к6ж8р she wants her country free and this gives her a chance to help. And help her family. And herself. It's now a job. In the 33 min video, she declares herself deeply uncomfortable with being interviewed several times. Did you watch it?
El sujeto del subtítulo en español es un flojo. Ja, ja. 😂
Що це було з 20.42 хв - дівчина соромиться своєї зовнішності, тому відмовляється давати інтерв'ю?
Якісь комплекси щодо власного зовнішнього вигляду?
Яеі приземлені розмови цієї дівчини-біженки з її батьками, з колежанкою, - про лахи якихось відомих фірм, нібито це має якесь значення в такій ситуації (до 7.40)