About

Land of Dilemmas is a feature length documentary by filmmakers Olha Onyshko and Sarah Farhat. The film, currently under production, features the recollections of four survivors of different ethnic and religious backgrounds: Polish, Jewish and Ukrainian. They tell stories of moral dilemmas forced upon them at a time when mere survival was at stake.

Sixty years after the events, this film explores their choices and tries to answer why some people risked everything to save the lives not only of strangers, but also of members of an ethnic or religious group perceived to be their enemy. We hope that the exploration of these moral dilemmas, and the decisions people made when facing them could serve as the background for constructive dialog between three communities who still feel the pain of the past.

Historians describe the events that unfolded in Galicia during World War II, survivors remember their past, and young people discuss how to prevent history from being repeated.

This blog is one of several tools that will be used to build a community around the film and allow people to engage in a dialog around the issues raised.

The blog will also be used by the filmmaker as a platform while they are filming in Ukraine and Poland in order to share stories of the road and provide updates about the progress of the film.

We invite you to share your stories.