Vladlena Sandu, born in Crimea and raised in Grozny, survived the Chechen war and later became an internally displaced person. A VGIK graduate now based in Amsterdam, she has made award-winning films shown at major international festivals.
Date of birth
17.08.1982
Filmography
4
Film-self-portrait. In 1998, an armed attack was made on our family. We managed to escape, and we left Grozny. We were silent about it all the time.
Mother and daughter, forced migrants from Chechnya who survived the war. Both lost their husbands. Now they live in a small town with the belief that everything will work out.
Diyana is 17 years old, she is eight months pregnant, she has no passport, no home and no parents. And yet, Diana is trying to do everything so that her child stays with her.
