Sanatorium (Feature Documentary)

Gar's debut feature documentary, Sanatorium, had its World Premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in their main international competition, DOX:AWARD (in late March 2025).  The film was acquired by BBC Storyville for their Oscar-winning features strand, and was produced by Sundance & BAFTA winning Venom Films, MET Films and BBC Storyville. The film has subsequently gone on to compete in Visions Du Reel in Switzerland (early April 2025) and has been further selected to compete in a variety of international film festivals in 2025.

Logline:
Despite a war close by, mud treatments and electro-therapies continue at Kuyalnik Sanatorium near Odesa in southern Ukraine, where a small group searches for love, healing & happiness.

90 mins

Directed by:
Gar O'Rourke

Produced by:
Andrew Freedman 
Ken Wardrop
Samantha Corr

Executive Producer For Screen Ireland:
Greg Martin

Cinematographer:
Denys Melnyk

Editor:
John Murphy

Production Companies:
Venom Films
BBC Storyville

Co-Production Company:
2332 Films Ukraine

Funded By:
Screen Ireland
BBC Storyville
Metfilms
France TV
Creative Europe