In Case We Never Meet Again
Noaz Deshe
The war in Ukraine has turned a country upside down overnight. The glimpses we’ve had from the media is now a daily reality for many people. How do family life and relationships continue in a place where war wages on? Roman and Tania, caught between Canada and Ukraine, are trying to keep their deep but fragile love alive. In spite of the war, Lera, her siblings and friends, are searching for things to do and moments of childhood joy. This documentary from Noaz Deshe is particularly moving, as it stays close to its protagonist and draws the audience into the centre of it all with familiar and intimate footages.
Director Noaz Deshe was born in Romania and is currently residing in Berlin. His film „White Shadow'' won the Lion of the Future award at the Venice film festival. For In Case We Never Meet Again, he received funding from the Hessen Film und Medien. Frankfurt is home to the co-production company Telos Pictures and producer Andro Steinborn. The film will have is German premiere at LICHTER.
2 May 2026
16:00 h, Elysee 2 im Festivalzentrum
More information
| Direction | Noaz Deshe |
| Country | Germany, Ukraine, USA |
| Production year | 2025 |
| Duration | 99 min |
| Language | Ukrainian |
| Language Version | OV with German Subs |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Production company | Telos Pictures GmbH |
| Distribution | Port Au Prince Pictures |
| Cast | Protagonisten |
| Director of Photography | Noaz Deshe |
| Script | Beau Willimon |
| Montage | Noaz Deshe |
| Sound | Oliver Achatz |
| Music | Thomas Moked Blum |
| Sound Design | Lars Ginzel |
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About the director
Noaz Deshe is a multinational artist/filmmaker. He composed the soundtrack for Iranian director Babak Jalali’s debut feature film Frontier Blues. He is known for his films White Shadow (2013, won the Venice Lion of the Future and ten other international awards), Lost River (2014), Radio Dreams (2016) and Ghost in Radar (2021).
Press reviews:
"What was remarkable, was that this was documentary, not fiction. Zenit and his partner Tanya were extremely generous, sharing so much intimacy – both their joy and their fears – in such a natural manner. [...] Also incredible was how Romanian co-director Noaz Deshe became familiar with local children. He candidly filmed their day-to-day games, passing almost unnoticed amidst what would otherwise have been considered highly choreographed sequences. The result is an astute portrait of a young generation in trauma." (Marco V. Pereira for Kyiv Post)
GERMAN PREMIERE
With Q&A
Regional Feature Film Program
