INTERCEPTED
93 min, Documentary, Canada, France, Ukraine, 2024Directed byOksana Karpovych
Produced byLes Films Cosmos, Hutong Productions, Moon Man
LanguagesRussian, Ukrainian
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.
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Synopsis
Ukrainian intelligence services have intercepted thousands of phone calls Russian soldiers made from the battlefield in Ukraine to their families and friends in Russia, painting a stark picture of the cruelty of war in a dizzying emotional tension. Juxtaposed with images of the destruction caused by the invasion and the day-to-day life of the Ukrainian people who resist and rebuild, the voices of the Russian soldiers – ranging from being filled with heroic illusions to complete disappointment and loss of reason, from looting to committing more horrible war crimes, from propaganda to doubt and disillusionment – expose the whole scope of the dehumanizing power of war and imperialist nature of the Russian aggression.
Crew
Writer : Oksana Karpovych
Cinematography : Christopher Nunn
Sound : Alex Lane
Editing : Charlotte Tourrès
Sound Designer : Alex Lane
Sound Mixer : Alex Lane
Music : NFNR
Production : Rocío B. Fuentes, Giacomo Nudi, Pauline Tran Van Lieu, Lucie Rego, Darya Bassel, Olha Beskhmelnytsina
Direction
Oksana Karpovych
Oksana Karpovych is a Ukrainian-Canadian filmmaker, writer and photographer born in Kyiv. She lives and works between Kyiv and Montreal. 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 personal 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.
Filmography
INTERCEPTED, 93 min, Documentary, 2024
DON’T WORRY, THE DOORS WILL OPEN, 78 min, Documentary, 2019
TEMPORARY, 21 min, Documentary, 2017
LOST, 6 min, Documentary, 2015