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- DirectorMaksim LitvinovIt follows the people who spent the first month of the invasion in the city of Mariupol.
- DirectorMstyslav ChernovStarsMstyslav ChernovEvgeniy MaloletkaLiudmyla AmelkinaAs the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
- DirectorDmitriy KomarovStarsDmitriy KomarovKyrylo BudanovOleksii ReznikovA documentary film-project by Dmytro Komarov. He was the first journalist to witness and film the horrors of the just-liberated towns of Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel. He saw the first emotions of people immediately after the de-occupation of Kyiv region, Kharkiv region, and Kherson region. The documentary is the author's view of the war from angles that you won't see in the news. Unique, rare, exclusive comments from those whose hands and minds are shaping our future victory. The main heroes of documentary are both ordinary Ukrainians who heroically show their strength and power every day for a year and high-ranking officials such as Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov, Major General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk.
- DirectorYuliia HontarukThe capture of Mariupol by the Russian army was one of the tragic consequences of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. A girl with the call sign "Nava", who worked in the press service of the Azov regiment and is in the besieged Azovstal by the invaders, reads her verse under documentary footage of evidence of the destruction of Mariupol by the Russians.
- DirectorRobin BarnwellStarsAlevtina ShvetsovaDiana BergOksanaFrom a thriving city to a war-torn ruin. The people of Mariupol share powerful and shocking stories of bravery, loss and determination as the Ukraine war unfolded.
- DirectorYuliia HontarukStarsDmytro 'Orest' KozatskyiFrom the beginning of the siege of Azovstal by the Russians the director had conversations with soldiers of the Azov Regiment, revealing their portraits. This film is dedicated to Dmytro Kozatsky with the call sign "Orest". Orest is a former liaison officer and head of the Azov Regiment's press service in Mariupol. Orest has been covering the world situation in Mariupol and at Azovstal since the beginning of the Russian invasion, and was in captivity at the time of the film's release.
- DirectorYuliia HontarukFrom the beginning of the siege of Azovstal by the Russians the director had conversations with soldiers of the Azov Regiment, revealing their portraits. This film is dedicated to Kirt. Kirt has been fighting in the Azov Regiment since 2014, was the commander of the Second Company of the Azov Regiment. Together with other soldiers he defended Azovstal.
- DirectorYuliia HontarukFrom the beginning of the siege of Azovstal by the Russians the director had conversations with soldiers of the Azov Regiment, revealing their portraits. This film is dedicated to Bars - Deputy Commander of the Second Battalion of the Azov Regiment. Defending Azovstal Bars shares footage taken after the clashes with Russian troops and his thoughts.
- DirectorYuliia HontarukDmytro 'Orest' KozatskyiStarsDmytro 'Orest' KozatskyiDmytro Kozatsky with the call sign "Orest", head of the press service of the Azov Battalion (Azov Regiment), has been at the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal since the beginning of the siege of Mariupol by the Russian military after their invasion of Ukraine. On the eve of his exit from the shattered factory, he made a farewell film.
- DirectorLyubomyr LevytskyStarsVasyl KrutchakThe film tells the story of a married couple of civilians who came under intense fire from the enemy Russian army in the Izyum region in their car. The 93rd "Kholodny Yar" military brigade, not having the opportunity to safely approach Ukrainian civilians, conducted an unprecedented rescue operation with the help of drones.
- DirectorArtem LytvynenkoStarsPhilip JonesBen HodgesAndrzej FalkowskiFollows the first month of the Russian-Ukrainian war, also features military experts and Ukrainian military leaders.
- DirectorEvgeny AfineevskyStarsHis Beatitude SviatoslavSaid IsmagilovBishop AgapitA documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.
- DirectorEvgeny AfineevskyStarsDmytro 'Orest' KozatskyiEvgeniy MaloletkaNataliia NagornaThe film depicts the horrible realities of this unprovoked war instigated by Vladimir Putin. It is an exploration of the courage of the Ukrainian people, fiercely determined to stand their ground until 'the last drop of blood'. Demonstrating an astounding ability to unite as a people and defend the sovereignty of their country, Ukrainians show compassion and resilience even when surrounded by death, destruction, and unfathomable war crimes. The film transports viewers through a war that started immediately after Maidan (Revolution of Dignity) in 2014 and continues through the 2022 Russian invasion. Through personal stories of civilians, children, soldiers, doctors, the country's elderly, journalists, religious leaders, and international volunteers, this is a humanizing diary of millions of people whose lives were turned upside down by eight years of conflict.
- DirectorAkhtem SeitablaevStarsMakar TikhomirovVyacheslav DovzhenkoAndrey IsaenkoIt is a story of a several-week-long military duty in September 2014. A group of military volunteers comes to Donetsk Airport for the first time - the Airport has been held by Ukrainians for more than four months of war.
- 2018– 44m8.5 (512)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael SteedStarsDavid LettermanVolodymyr ZelenskyyOleksandr KamyshinDavid Letterman visits war torn Kyiv, Ukraine to meet with, and interview, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the impact of the war with Russia on its people, economy, and relations with the Western world. Letterman provides some insight into how Ukrainian citizens are dealing with the crisis and takes the audience inside a Comedy Club, still open, despite the war.
- DirectorNatalya VorozhbitStarsIgor KoltovskyyAndrey LelyukhVolodymyr HurinFour short stories are set along the roads of Donbas, Ukraine during the war.
- DirectorBernard-Henri LévyMarc RousselStarsGilles HertzogBernard-Henri LévyFrom Kharkiv to Bakhmut to Kherson, filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy documents the ravages of the war in the Ukraine through testimonies from soldiers and civilians.
- DirectorMarian BushanStarsPavlo AldoshynMaryna KoshkinaAndrey MostrenkoAfter suffering a tragedy at the hand of invading soldiers in Donbas, an Ukrainian physics teacher seeks revenge. He sets his sights on an elite Russian sniper whose elimination could change the tide of the conflict.
- DirectorTymur YashchenkoStarsDmitriy SovaEvgeniy LamakhRoman SemysalThe crew of Ukrainian NAVY minesweeper U311 "Cherkasy" is resisting seizure of the vessel by Russian army in Crimea in 2014.
- DirectorVolodymyr TykhyyStarsDarya AstafievaIhor LutsenkoYevhen NyshchukThis film plays out in Ukraine on a single day: March 14, 2022, the 2,944th day of the Russian-Ukrainian War. In the last few weeks, intense warfare has surreally mixed places and people and created a post-apocalyptic dimension revealing new qualities and roles. Thousands of Kyivans have moved to live in subway stations. The capital city's previously calm suburbs have been transformed into battle zones of destruction and looting by Russian occupiers. People no longer live according to "workdays" or "weekends," counting instead the number of days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine... The film presents this day in the lives of a pop music star, video engineer, historian, art restorer, polar researcher, and pensioner, who were all forced to radically change their lives.
- DirectorMark Jonathan HarrisOles SaninBREAKING POINT: The War for Democracy in Ukraine looks at people transformed by a democratic revolution, who give up their normal lives to fight a Russian invasion, in a war which has killed 10,000 and displaced 1.9 million Ukrainians.
- DirectorEvgeny StepanenkoDefense of Debaltseve. The brutal battle that unfolded in early 2015 and was completed on February 18-19, when the Ukrainian troops leaved bridgehead wich had surrounded. The truth about one of the bloodiest and controversial episodes of the war in Ukraine. Incredible stories of feats, facts of heroism and betrayal. Little-known details and evidence of participants in the events. The dark and terrible truth, true story about modern heroes.
- DirectorAlexey Goncharuk
- DirectorPhilipp KohlhöferStarsAntytilaVolodymyr BezrukyMoisei BondarenkoA documentary about art, its function, its meaning and its development during the Russian-Ukrainian war. About artists in real and creative trenches. Art has proven to be a strong tool for survival and transformation, served as an anthem to continue fighting, as a recovery from trauma and crowdfunding for the army. This project aims at looking at this phenomenon, trying to understand what the art during war is.
- DirectorYuliia HontarukRoman LiubyiIvan Sautkin«Stronger than arms» shows the evolution of Ukrainian realities from the spontaneous attempt to capture the Administration of the President on December 1 to the bloody battles continuing today in the Donetsk airport. It gives a chance to the viewer to feel the uplifting and desperation of the Maidan and the war in Eastern Ukraine.
- DirectorRoman BondarchukKateryna GornostaiYuliia HontarukIn autumn of 2013, the Ukrainian government suspended meetings regarding accession to the EU. This prompted a period of civil unrest culminating in the resignation of pro-Russian president Yanukovych and open conflict in the eastern part of the country. A group of filmmakers began recording these developments in their country from up close; their collective documentary presents a mosaic of suggestive images and personal stories organized into chapters according to theme and the filmmaker's approach. The "Rough Cut" in the film's title is not an indication of the incompleteness of the work but rather a metaphorical description of the situation in which the Ukrainian state currently exists.
- DirectorRoman LiubyiPersonal videos from the phones, camcorders, cameras and GoPros of Ukrainian soldiers are woven into a surreal journey to the front line of the war with Russia. The film shows a bizarre world whose laws are quite different from what we are used to. The behavior is different, the relationships unfold differently and the humour takes on different notes. The heroes wake up and fall asleep, rejoice and cry, always feeling that the recording may end at any moment.
- DirectorKornii HrytsiukStarsKornii HrytsiukTasia Pugach"The Train: Kyiv - War" is a full-length documentary film directed by Korniy Gricyuk. The dramatic history of the Kyiv-Kostyantynivka train, with its passengers' unique fates, pain, memories, secrets, hopes, is a history of today Ukraine. Only 12.5 hours away from peaceful Kyiv is Kostyantynivka, a small industrial city in the eastern part of the country, immediately after which the front begins. This entire time people with different characters, social status, political views, and beliefs are traveling on the train side by side. They talk, debate, even quarrel, but speak to each other and go in a common direction. And what's important, they all want to get to peace. This film is the voice of ordinary people, the search for dialogue and the path to a common future, where everyone's voice will be heard.
- DirectorMykola NosokThe story of the everyday life of one of the most unknown countries on the European continent. The film tells the stories of heroes from different parts of Ukraine, their life and life, crafts and art, interesting initiatives and culture. The characters of this film are not interconnected, their worlds are different, however, this difference unites the country.
- DirectorMasha KondakovaSince the uprising of a pro Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine in 2014, hundreds of woman joined the army. Only a few made it to the front line. Filmmaker Masha embeds herself in the war zone to follow the daily life of three of them. By sharing the intimacy of these fighters, Masha soon becomes a victim of this brotherhood conflict jeopardizing this film and her life.
- DirectorSergii DmytrenkoStarsValerii AnanievOleksandr PolozhynskyiYanina SokolovaThis is an incredible story of Valerii Markus (Valerii Ananiev), a paratrooper of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a veteran of the Anti-Terrorist Operation, a blogger, traveler and author of the bestseller book "Footprints on the Road". To somehow structure in his mind the three years he spent in the war, Valerii Markus leaves Paris for the Way of El Camino de Santiago. But will the paratrooper find peace by following the legendary path of the pilgrims? What changes will Valerii get after all that he has gone through and why is he being drawn to another long journey again and again?
- DirectorKornii HrytsiukThe investigative documentary Eurodonbas aims to debunk Soviet myths and bring to light that more than 100 years ago, Donbas was an integral part of the European economy.
- DirectorDmytro KochnevStarsYevgen KlopotenkoMeat-based or vegetarian, with or without beans, potatoes in or out, tomato sauce or real tomatoes added, dried mushrooms or smoked pears, or maybe just mom's borsch? Which variant should be considered "the real thing"? The battles have been lasting for years. That is why Yevhen Klopotenko, a well-known chef, sets out on a journey across Ukraine to uncover the most fascinating borsch recipes and to find the secret ingredients which make this dish unique. During this trip, Yevhen reaches a conclusion that recipe components are not a priority but people and their values are. Secret ingredients from different regions and people are even cooler than falling in love. We'll astonish you with borsch cooked on river water, with fish, dumplings, geese meat, sausages and even whisky and honey. We'll offer you to taste borsch in Chernobyl nuclear power station canteen or just on a quay in the center of Uzhgorod, in "Highest Cuisine Restaurant" in Lviv, on a mountain peak in Transcarpathia, in artists' summer residence, with Jews, Hungarians and Crimean Tatars - Find your unique secret ingredient.
- DirectorMaciek HamelaA small van traverses war-torn roads, picking up Ukrainians as they abandon their homes at the front. Shuttling them across the battered landscape into exile, the van becomes a fragile refuge, a zone for its passengers' confidences.
- DirectorAdam DesiderioBen C. SolomonStarsBen C. SolomonWith exclusive access to Ukrainian officials, soldiers and civilians, explore the human cost and strategic decisions made to save their most key city in an endless war with Russia.
- DirectorAaron KaufmanSean PennStarsVolodymyr ZelenskyyAndrii YermakSteven PiferFollows the events happening in Ukraine and the truth about Russia's invasion of the country.
- DirectorBart CorpeStarsBear GryllsScott Heffield
- DirectorMani BenchelahPatrick TombolaStarsCate BlanchettWill LymanIn February 2022, Russia launched a military assault on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and the Ukrainians refused to surrender. Filmed during the first three months of the unprovoked invasion, Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack provides a powerful inside portrait of the civilians and first responders who chose not to evacuate but to remain and defend the city, refusing to hand their country over to Vladimir Putin and taking a stand for democracy in the process. Commissioned by FRONTLINE (PBS) with Channel 4.
- DirectorKostiantyn KliatskinStarsRoman KulishDuring the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the spring of 2022, Russian troops occupied the suburbs of the capital for more than a month. This film is dedicated to the educators of the Kyiv region, who did not despair even under shelling, enemy control, and the constant threat to their lives. The viewer will travel through the educational institutions of Hostomel, Irpin, Bucha and Vorzel, to become acquainted with those, who hold, and will be holding in their hands the future of our country.
- DirectorRobin BarnwellStarsAlevtina ShvetsovaDiana BergOksanaMixed with the testimonies of a dozen survivors, most of them young women, terrible scenes retrace from the inside the siege of Mariupol, a large port in southeastern Ukraine on the Sea of Azov, from the start of the Russian invasion on February 24 to the surrender of the last combatants entrenched in the Azovstal metallurgical complex on May 21. According to the Ukrainian authorities' estimate, some 25,000 civilians died during these three months of indiscriminate shelling and firing by the Russian army, which also destroyed almost the entire city of 430,000 inhabitants, which was then surrounded and almost cut off from the world.
- StarsMarta Manowska
- DirectorBrendan BellomoSlava LeontyevUnder roaring fighter jets, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it's easy to make people afraid, it's hard to destroy their passion for living.
- DirectorStanislav TiunovStarsSergey StrelnikovCezary LukaszewiczVyacheslav DovzhenkoThe story of a Jewish refugee from Kazakhstan who in the spring of 2022 saved hundreds of Ukrainians in Bucha and other cities and towns occupied by Russian troops.
- DirectorAnton PtushkinThe film highlights the stories of people and their pets against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.