Sanatorium (Feature Documentary)
Gar's debut feature documentary, Sanatorium, had its World Premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in their main international competition, DOX:AWARD (in late March 2025). Since then, the film has screened and won awards at a variety of international film festivals. The film has subsequently been selected as Ireland's Official Entry for Best International Film at the 2026 Oscars.
Logline:
Despite a war close by, mud treatments and electro-therapies
continue at Kuyalnik Sanatorium near Odesa in southern Ukraine, where a small group searches for
love, healing & happiness.
90 mins
Directed by:
Gar O'Rourke
Produced by:
Andrew Freedman
Ken Wardrop
Samantha Corr
Executive Producer For Screen Ireland:
Greg Martin
Cinematographer:
Denys Melnyk
Editor:
John Murphy
Production Companies:
Venom Films
BBC Storyville
Co-Production Company:
2332 Films Ukraine
Funded By:
Screen Ireland
BBC Storyville
Metfilms
France TV
Creative Europe