IRON BUTTERFLIES

By Roman LIUBYI

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Documentary - Completed 2023

In a world where violence can only be defended by lies, and lies only maintained by violence, Iron Butterflies presents the truth of what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shot down by Russian forces over eastern Ukraine in 2014.

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2023
Horizons
Sundance 2023
Berlinale - EFM 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • UKRAINE, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN, UKRANIAN, ENGLISH, DUTCH
    • Duration
    • 84 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Roman LIUBYI
    • Synopsis
    • 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by Russian forces over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. This attack, and its possible ramifications for the then-ongoing war in Donbass, was immediately denied by the Russian government and media. Director Roman Liubyi uses a wealth of visual material and individual testimonies to craft this artful yet evidence-driven examination of a turning point in recent world history.