Intercepted
Canada, France, Ukraine2024documentary93'International Documentary Competition
What are Russian soldiers talking about when they call their families from the front? The phone conversations recorded by the Ukrainian secret service in the first six months of the war reveal a completely different picture than the one created by the Kremlin propaganda. The overheard chats are contrasted with the recording of what the barbaric invaders left behind them. The effect is not just a double testimony of destruction, looting and war crimes. It is also a suspenseful story about authentic emotions, moods and moments of doubt that accompany aggressors or their families. When set against post-apocalyptic views, they make a paralysing study of enslavement and conformism.
- directed by
- Oksana KarpovychQ&A guest
A Ukrainian-Canadian filmmaker, writer and photographer born in Kyiv. Her first feature documentary "Don’t Worry, the Doors Will Open" won the New Visions Award at RIDM in 2019 and received a special mention at Hot Docs 2020. In her projects, Karpovych explores the everyday life and oral histories of ordinary people and how state politics intrude into the private sphere, influencing the communities she intimately documents. Karpovych is a Cultural Studies graduate of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine and a Film Production graduate of Concordia University in Montreal.
- cinematography
- Christopher Nunn
- script
- Oksana Karpovych
- music
- Nfnr
- sound
- Artem Kosynskyi, Alex Lane
- editing
- Charlotte Tourres
- production
- Giacomo Nudi, Rocío B. Fuentes (Les films Cosmos)
- Photo
