Italy!!

Thrilled to announce that The Rain Won’t Let Us Fly, the magnificent documentary marking the debut of Ignacio Marín and Rubén Díez, has been selected to take part in the latest edition of the Milano Film Fest, which will be held in Milan, Italy, from June 4 to 9, 2026.

The film will be screened on Sunday 7 June at the stunning Anteo Palazzo del Cinema – Sala Rubino

Milano Film Fest aims to promote art-house and artistic quality cinema, provide a time where great films can be presented, and give space to new forms of cinematic expression. Milano Film Fest 2026 aims to create an inclusive film experience that celebrates film and audiovisual culture and art, promotes diversity and innovation in the industry, and actively engages the city of Milan and its communities.

This extraordinary documentary, filmed in Ukraine, will have its world premiere this Wednesday at the BALINALE/ Bali International Film Festival in Indonesia.
It is one of Asia’s most prestigious film events and qualifies for the Hollywood Oscars.

Synopsis:

In the third year of the war in Ukraine, ‘The Rain Won’t Let Us Fly’ delves into the most human and devastating side of the conflict. Through the voices of those living the war on the front line, the documentary reveals the brutal transformation of everyday lives into a nightmare with no apparent end.

Director Statement

In the middle of a frozen forest, a few kilometers from the Donbas front, explosions thunder all around. As he unearths a human femur from the snow, Oleksii, the leader of the body recovery team, says: “Humanity has gone mad.” In that moment we knew we had come to the right place to tell the story of this war.
We didn’t go to Ukraine to document military strategies or analyze geopolitics. We went to tell the human stories of ordinary people whom war overtook. People with civilian lives—bakers, butchers, bank workers, doctors—whose existence changed radically due to decisions made in offices miles away.
For two weeks we traveled through trenches, evacuation points, field hospitals, and bombed houses. We met forcibly conscripted soldiers who weeks earlier had completely normal lives. We accompanied civilians who refuse to abandon their homes even under constant bombardment. We documented teams recovering bodies—both Ukrainian and Russian.
What we found were trapped people. Soldiers in trenches who don’t want to be there but have no choice. Elderly people in empty houses waiting for the war to pass. Young people operating drones who have killed hundreds without seeing their faces. Civilians trying to maintain some semblance of normalcy amid rubble.
We heard voices repeating the same thing: exhaustion, fear, a desire for this to end. This documentary is about how war transforms everyday lives into nightmares. How people who worked in a furniture factory are now in trenches. How grandmothers who tended their gardens now live in basements.
We wanted to show the war from a completely human perspective, leaving politics aside. Because in the end, wars are decided by others, but suffered by ordinary people who just wanted to live their lives.
These are their stories.

Ignacio Marín and Rubén Díez
Ukraine, 2026