The Mykytenko family’s fight for Ukraine began in 2014. Yuliia and her father, Mykola, battled for independence until 2016. In 2020, Mykola staged the ultimate protest—self-immolation. Now, as war rages again, Yuliia must honor his legacy, tell their story, and defend her country once more.
#war #family #current_affairs #revolution #death
Work in Progress
Apache Tribe
#war #observation #current_affairs
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Apache Tribe (Плем’я Апача)
Deployments for combat missions for Apache, a tank commander, is a daily routine task. But this time he needs to do a mission with a gunner who is deploying to the confrontation line for the first time.
#war #observation #current_affairs
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Badaboom
#war #observation #current_affairs
Сompleted
Badaboom (Бадабум)
During a storming mission, a commander has to make quick, unconventional and very risky decisions.
#war #observation #current_affairs
Сompleted
Every Death Diminishes Me
#war #trauma #current_affairs #creative
Work in Progress
Every Death Diminishes Me (Кожна смерть зменшує мене)
A Ukrainian filmmaker becomes a frontline paramedic. Working alongside a Dutch volunteer, he sees each death not only change him but widen the rift between the world he comes from and the curated world he’s trying to reach.
#sports #identity #history #family #current_affairs #creative #coming of age #archives #anthropology
Сompleted
Fragments of Ice (Фрагменти льоду)
A gentle hypnotic journey through the VHS archives of the (post-)Soviet figure skater who toured the West in the 80s and 90s. Years later, his daughter follows these videotaped memories to reveal a story about maturing: of herself, her family, and her society.
#sports #identity #history #family #current_affairs #creative #coming of age #archives #anthropology
Сompleted
If you want to fly, dig
#war #observation #current_affairs
Сompleted
If you want to fly, dig (Хочеш літати — копай)
We see impressive videos of the work of drone operators in the media every day. The painstaking work that is done to prepare for it is usually left behind the scenes.
Sound and image stare each other in the face as Intercepted contrasts quiet compositions of everyday life of Ukrainians since the full-scale invasion with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families.
Militantropos (lat. «milit» — soldier; gr. «ἄνθρωπος» — human) — persona, obtained by humans when entering the state of war. Militantropos chooses to accept the war as one and only option and undergoes transformations in order to continue to exist.
Director Oleh Sentsov, in his role as an army lieutenant, took part in several intensive battles—and during one, his BMP was destroyed by Russian artillery. In the aftermath, he became embedded in nearby trenches and tried to organize via radio the evacuation of part of his unit.
As shelling intensifies, Ukrainians actively rebuild their country, spanning efforts from grassroots volunteer initiatives to international policymaking. Revealing challenges and paradoxes of the reconstruction process in times of destruction.
#adventures #war #teenager #sports #drama #current_affairs #coming of age
Work in Progress
The Ferryman (Поромник)
17-year-old Danylo works as a ferryman in the shadow of a destroyed bridge 50 km from Kharkiv to earn money and continue his studies at a sports academy. Still, his dreams of becoming a professional kayaker collide with the reality of wartime.
#adventures #war #teenager #sports #drama #current_affairs #coming of age
Work in Progress
Witnesses. Captivity Kills
#war #human_rights #current_affairs
Сompleted
Witnesses. Captivity Kills (Свідки. Полон вбиває)
Russian propaganda tries to shift responsibility for war crimes onto Ukrainians. One of such crimes is the terrorist attack in Olenivka.
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