The Tribe (2014 film)
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| Directed by | Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy |
| Written by | Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy |
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| Cinematography | Valentyn Vasyanovych |
| Edited by | Valentyn Vasyanovych |
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| Distributed by | Arthouse Traffic |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
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| Language | Ukrainian Sign Language |
| Budget | ₴14 million ($1.5 million) |
| Box office | $215,034 |
The Tribe (Ukrainian: Плем'я, Plemya) is a 2014 Ukrainian silent crime drama film written and directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy. Starring Hryhoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova and Roza Babiy, the film is set in a boarding school for deaf teenage students, where a novice scholar is drawn into an institutional system of organized crime involving robbery and prostitution. He crosses a dangerous line when he falls for one of the girls to whom he's assigned to pimp. The film is entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language and was the first Ukrainian film to be released in many countries around the world.
The Tribe won the Nespresso Grand Prize, as well as the France 4 Visionary Award, and the Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award in the Critics' Week at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Considered the frontrunner to represent Ukraine for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, there was controversy over alleged conflict of interest during the voting process after the drama The Guide was chosen instead.