When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea is an upcoming documentary film written and directed by Eva Neymann.

In the documentary the lens gathers glimpses of resilience and dreams, defying the narrative of mere victimhood.

A widow tends to the city’s stray cats, a well-read drifter flirts with me, an old friend passes away, and yet again, the power goes out.

Generators carve out small pockets of light, a wandering monk appears, giving his meal to another beggar, and a young man faces the threat of conscription, as does his brother—though he is in Moscow.

[4] When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea will have its world premiere in the Forum section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival 15 February 2025.