Kilometre by Hanna Tykha (Produced by Babylon 13')
Ukraine | 2024 | Documentary | 75’
+ Panel Discussion “Film as an Artistic Practice to Strengthen Social Resilience against Disinformation”
As Russia begins a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, video artist, film director and active member of Babylon'13 team Roman Liubyi attempts to return home to be with his daughter, wife and parents. Roma was working in London when the Ukrainian conflict rapidly escalated with Russia's massive army rolling across the border of his home. He decides to return to his family, whose town soon becomes a battlefield. While they take shelter in basements, cut off from the rest of their country by encircling Russian forces, Roma joins an air intelligence unit, operating drones to locate the whereabouts of the invading force, but also to find those surviving in the most desperate conditions. As the crow flies, Roma is so close to his family, but in reality, the gulf between them is enormous. Hanna Tykha's riveting and profoundly humane film captures Roma's predicament, from his journey home to his attempts to ensure the safety of his family.
SCREENINGS
25.10., 18:00
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Intercepted by Oksana Karpovych
Ukraine | 2024 | Documentary | 95’
+ Panel discussion “Problems of disinformation and dealing with sources”
“Intercepted” explores what drives people to wage war in a foreign country and shows two parallel worlds. The camera captures calm images of destroyed Ukrainian villages and towns after their liberation, where life is slowly returning. These images counter the normalization of horror in the media. The shocking contrast to this is the soundtrack: taped telephone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families from the year 2022, in which confessions of violent crimes and the hate-filled reactions from “back home” are shocking. Images and sound stand side by side in bewilderment.
SCREENINGS
24.10., 18:00
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
27.10., 18:50
IL Kino
Nansenstraße 22, 12047 Berlin