EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based documentary sales specialist Rise and Shine has boarded Ukrainian director Roman Liubyi’s work Iron Butterflies ahead of its world debut in Sundance (Jan 19-29), followed by its European premiere in Berlin.
The documentary probes the ramifications of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, which killed 289 civilian passengers and crew.
The tragedy took place just months into the War of Donbas in eastern Ukraine which began in March of that year pro-Russian separatist groups seized control of government buildings in the region, sparking an armed conflict with Ukrainian government forces.
After a lengthy investigation, a Dutch court ruled in November 2022 that a Russian-supplied missile fired by pro-Russia Ukrainian separatists had brought the airliner down.
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