My Favourite War

An animated documentary telling the personal story of its director, Ilze, growing up in the cold-war USSR. This is an exciting coming-of-age tale about finding one’s own identity, truth and loyalty.

First, we meet Ilze as a little girl playing war at her granddad´s farm, then she is faced with the horror of war treats at school. Ilze lives in the clash between the Soviet reality and propaganda denying what people actually are experiencing. On the top of that Ilze also finds out how opposite in their beliefs are people whom she loves most.

The film is about choices Ilze has to make in a very young age, how she is getting wiser and rising her courage to speak out.