Intercepted (CinEast Festival)

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Festival CinEast

Intercepted

Canada-France-Ukraine 2024 | Oksana Karpovych | documentaire | vostEN | 93’ | digital

►Mention Spéciale du Jury Œcuménique, Berlinale 2024

A rare, powerful, and gripping film that exposes the full extent of the war’s dehumanising effects by contrasting images from the everyday life of Ukrainians enduring the aggression with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families and friends. An eye-opening peek into the thinking of individuals caught up in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

« Intercepted offers a spare psychological portrait of soldiers at war. Gleaned directly from their conversations, this is an honest depiction of how empathy disappears and malice takes over. » (Variety)