INTERCEPTED

By Oksana KARPOVYCH

HUTONG PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2024

In Intercepted, sound and image stare each other in the face as Oksana Karpovych 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

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2024
Forum
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Female director, Second film
    • Countries
    • UKRAINE, CANADA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • UKRANIAN, 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), Pauline TRA VAN LIEU (HUTONG PRODUCTIONS), Lucie REGO (HUTONG PRODUCTIONS), Darya BASSEL (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 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.