Documentary (Ukraine)

Mixed 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.

It follows the people who spent the first month of the invasion in the city of Mariupol.

Mariupol - ruined but not conquered. The city in the east of Ukraine, with almost half a million people, has survived the occupation, total destruction, and a humanitarian catastrophe. The occupiers were murdering civilians, preventing them from escaping. In this film - the story of the survivors, their life in hell, and ultimately - salvation.

The story of a little girl who wakes up on February 24th because of the air alert, and tries to find someone living in the burning city. The main character is based on the story of Alisa, a 4-year-old girl, who stayed in the besieged Mariupol during the whole time; she was also at the Azovstal plant during the last month of its defense. When the Russians allowed the civilians to evacuate from Azovstal, Alisa was separated from her mother.

As 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.

A 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.

Follows the events happening in Ukraine and the truth about Russia's invasion of the country.

The unique testimony of the tragic events and crimes of russia through the eyes of Ukrainians, which the entire world must see and feel.

The film highlights the stories of people and their pets against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Thousands of Ukrainian children, some of them orphans, were taken to Russia after the war started. Many were sent to recreational camps in Russia by their parents to escape the shelling; they were then stuck there, sometimes for months, waiting for their mothers to bring them back. Others were fostered into Russian families, led to believe that Russia had saved them after their parents had abandoned them. This remarkable doc explores the journey of these children, and the parents trying to bring them home.

Follows the first month of the Russian-Ukrainian war, also features military experts and Ukrainian military leaders.

The kaleidoscope of stories shines a light on Ukrainians bravely defending their land against the Russian invasion, where millions struggle for their right to exist. A compendium of short films, this is highlights the full tragedy that followed the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It charts the course of the Russian progression across the country through the lives and communities of those affected by the wide-scale aggression, alongside those fighting for their land. The film details the force of the assault, but its primary focus lies with the strength of the communities that have had to endure unimaginable hardships but who remain resilient in the face of such oppression. It joins an increasing number of ground-level films documenting the reality of this modern tragedy.

The 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.

The volunteers who risked their lives to rescue animals from the areas that were abandoned in the wake of the Russian invasion

Testimonies of sexual violence, torture and rape by Russian soldiers emerge from the recaptured Ukrainian towns and villages

Ukrainian Sappers. Diaries of the War - is a documentary film directed by Andrii Zaiets about the heroic work of servicemen of the 143rd joint training centr "Podillia" during the Russian-Ukrainian war from 2014 to 2023.

An anthology of short documentaries combined into a single full-length documentary from the international journalistic project with the same title about the war in Ukraine, which consists of documentaries, interviews and special stories about volunteers, journalists, artists, soldiers and artists of the "Cultural Front" of the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, who have been working in their place since the first hours of the Russian invasion for the sake of the struggle for the independence of Ukraine.

Throughout the winter, Russia has been attacking Ukraine's power grid, forcing power cuts across the country and doing untold damage with missiles and drones. But an army of Ukrainian engineers has been fighting back in an effort to keep the lights on. Paul Adams has been given exclusive access to the teams involved and the often dangerous environment in which they work.

With each Russian missile attack targeting Ukrainian critical infrastructure, the prospect of Christmas lights in Ukraine faded. The film shows stories from five cities: Odesa, Lviv, Pavlograd, Kharkiv, Kyiv, highlighting how Ukrainians reacted to this differently. A "energetic front" has opened in the country: engineers, electricians, repair teams, call centers, rescuers. They have learnt to repair damages and found the bravery to bring light time after time.

This is a tribute to doctors, volunteers and many ordinary people of Ukraine. An ordinary clinic in an ordinary Ukrainian town. This is about those people who care. Those who consider Ukrainian land their home.

Kherson is a city occupied by Russian troops from the first days of the war. Russian propaganda tries to create a picture of "peaceful life" in the south of Ukraine, but in reality Russia kidnaps and tortures people, keeps Kherson people in informational isolation, and does not allow them to leave the occupied region. However, Kherson resists.

In the past, Natalia is a documentary director and film producer, and now she is the head of the air reconnaissance unit of the 112th separate brigade of territorial defense with the call sign "Angel". On the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, she changed her profession and went to the front with her son. In a fairly short time, she assembled her own unit. Its composition is also mostly creative people: former cameramen, sound engineers, gaffers. Everything is like on a film set. But now they are shooting a different movie, where there is no second take.

Hard-hitting documentary following the day of a Ukrainian military funeral. The true cost of war is not about oil, or territory. It's about the loss of life, something that can never be replaced.

Based on examples and evidence of the events that took place in Ukraine, the film explores the modern Russian authoritarian system. How modern Russia has become a huge, militarized monster that is ready to aggressively attack its neighbors, following the imperial narratives of its leaders. About how and when the concept of absorption of neighboring nations was formed among the Russians. When and why did this concept become the main political and social project of Russia. The problem of the development of the authoritarian regime of Vladimir Putin and the transformation of Russian society under the pressure of this regime is being raised in the film. 10 experts are trying to understand and realize the reasons for the mental degradation of the nation, which resulted in a new war in Europe.