INTERCEPTED

By Oksana KARPOVYCH

COSMOS FILMS / LES FILMS COSMOS - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2024

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.

Festivals
& Awards

Thessaloniki IFF 2024
Berlinale 2024
Forum - Special Jury Mentions
CPH DOX 2024
docville 2024
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2024
New Directors New Films 2024
Zagreb Dox 2024
BAIFICI 2024
Best Direction and Special Mentions
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Female director, Second film
    • Countries
    • UKRAINE, CANADA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Oksana KARPOVYCH
    • Producer(s)
    • Giacomo NUDI (COSMOS FILMS / LES FILMS COSMOS), Rocío BARBA FUENTES (COSMOS FILMS / LES FILMS COSMOS), Lucie REGO (HUTONG PRODUCTIONS), Darya BASSEL (MOON MAN), Pauline TRAN VAN LIEU (HUTONG PRODUCTIONS), Olha BESKHMELNYTSINA (MOON MAN)
    • 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 warcrimes, from propaganda to doubt and disillusionment - expose the whole scope of the dehumanizing power of war and imperialist nature of the Russian aggression.