Rinkel Film offers director Anna Buryachkova and producer Natalia Libet, together with post-production studio Fever Film and sound mixing studio Karaktersound, a helping hand to complete the coming-of-age drama When We Were 15 in the Netherlands. Rinkel Film has also started a crowdfunding campaign to pay the Ukrainian cast and crew for their work. When We Were 15 was shot entirely in Ukraine. While the film was being edited, Russia invaded Ukraine, freezing all financing.