A House Made of Splinters (2023)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 27M
Director : Simon Lereng Wilmont
Sinopse
A temporary house for abandoned children near the front line in eastern Ukraine is run by a small group of social workers determined to provide comfort and safety. It may be humble and somewhat run-down, but this house is filled with love and offers up to nine months of refuge to kids whose fate will be determined by the system. During this short time, the caretakers try to nurture within them a sense of stability and normalcy.
The film investigates the kidnapping and alleged murder of a soldier in Donbas, in 2014. Together with his father, an elderly fisherman from the Southern Ukraine, we follow the trail of his captors. Traveling from the calm Azov coastline to industrial conglomerates, from the furious mining region to the sleepless capital, we try to find the witnesses of the young soldier's final hours, as well as those who could have seen his body. The film uses a wide range of video and audio material including news, voice recordings and interviews. Its complex narrative construction shows the long and winding path of a father who seeks justice for his son's murderers.
'A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa' unfolds during an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under King Charles XII, struggled for power; the Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, which was part of the Russian Empire, signed a pact with the Swedish king promising to support Sweden in its war against Russia provided that the Ukraine was given its independence.
Vivendo na Ucrânia Oriental devastada pela guerra Anna é uma mãe solteira que está desesperada por uma mudança. Atraída por um anúncio de rádio, ela vai à festa com um grupo de homens americanos que estão em turnê pelo país em busca de amor.
BREAKING POINT: The War for Democracy in Ukraine looks at people transformed by a democratic revolution, who give up their normal lives to fight a Russian invasion, in a war which has killed 10,000 and displaced 1.9 million Ukrainians.
A Associação dos cineastas dos documentários Babylon'13 apresenta a primeira longa-metragem sobre a anexação da Criméia pela Rússia. As filmagens originais e as histórias não-ficcionais dos marinheiros, dos pilotos, dos pára-quedistas e dos fuzileiros navais sobre o confronto resistente aos invasores podem ajudar o público a encontrar a resposta à pergunta "Por que desistimos da Criméia?". Os Autores do filme olharam para eventos históricos na Criméia através do prisma do destino dos soldados ucranianos que não traem o juramento. "A Criméia, como era" - a história das mais altas qualidades humanas: honra, fidelidade, coragem.
Hnutove, Donbass, eastern Ukraine, 2015. Young Oleg lives in a war zone where anti-aircraft gunshots and missile attacks often resonate dangerously near. Although many inhabitants have already left this dangerous area, he remains with his grandmother, who has cared for him since his mother's death, because they have nowhere to go. They are just waiting for the war to end.
Um grupo de voluntários militares chega ao aeroporto de Donetsk pela primeira vez, em setembro de 2014. O aeroporto foi ocupado pelos ucranianos por mais de quatro meses de guerra.
A love story set in modern day, post-revolutionary Ukraine between Julia, an idealistic student activist, and a wounded soldier fresh from the warfront.
A father and a son from Crimean Tatar family transport the body of deceased older son and brother from Kyiv to bury him in Crimea.
Documentary film about war crime — annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
Uma equipe de elite do Navy SEAL tenta encontrar a mítica cidade de Atlantis. Um quebra-código militar procura seu pai ausente, que pode guardar o segredo para desvendar as pistas que possibilitam a descoberta de Atlântida, o que é fundamental para salvar o mundo.
In the autumn of 2014, in the ATO zone, an intelligence group headed by experienced captain Anton Saienko (called by nickname "Banderas") tries to prevent sabotage and neutralize the Russian saboteur.
The movie explores the origin of the Ukrainian language and persecution of those who defended its authenticity. Using examples of other countries, creators of the film prove that a nation cannot exist without a language.
Based on a true story. Two fighters of 'Donbas' Volunteer Battalion get locked inside city of Ilovaysk after regular Russian army enters Ukraine and shells the surrounded divisions of Ukrainian Army in the infamous would-be 'green corridor'. The fighters survive thanks to the help of the locals and manage to break out through the front line to reach the freed territory. Taras Kostanchuk who is playing himself as 'Beshoot' is that same Donbas commander who is the prototype of the story. Half of the actors and extras are real 'Donbas' volunteers who survived the battle.
Baseado em uma história real. Em fevereiro de 2014, durante a ocupação russa na Península da Crimeia, o navio de guerra ucraniano U311 "Cherkasy" e resto da Marinha do país estão bloqueados no Lago Donuzlav, com o caminho para o mar fechado por uma cilada da frota russa. Sem perspectiva de vitória ou fuga, os navios começam a se render, mas o U311 "Cherkasy", última esperança de resistência ucraniana na Crimeia, decide permanecer no local e iniciar uma luta corajosa.
In 2014 Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine turns hot. An engineer, actor, soccer coach and florist volunteer to fight on the front line. Unaware of the pivotal role they will play in the war, they discover the meaning of true leadership.
"Stronger than Arms", is the history that heats our hearts up with the memory of events and people, who from the time of Euromaidan to the war in the East were building a new Ukraine.
Whilst the first shots ring out between pro-Russian government forces and members of the opposition in the winter of 2013, young Nina leaves Crimea. She was raped by a corrupt policeman, her friend was killed, and now she seeks refuge with the protesters on Maidan Square. Revolutionary chaos prevails, and it‘s not at all clear who remains loyal to whom and which means can be regarded as legitimate in the struggle for freedom. Ultimately Nina and her tormentors come face to face again and the spiral of violence is stepped up a further notch. The film was shot to a genuine backdrop, the result of which is a multifaceted allegory on the tragedy currently playing out in the Ukraine.
Dobropolye is a town located in Eastern Ukraine: 70 km from the border where conflicts with the breakaway republics are raging on and people feel always like being on the verge of total war. The sheer uncertainty about the future pushes folks to cling on to their daily habits while trying to get along with the ever-shifting political landscape. A wide array of wildly diversified characters try to cope as good as they can with the hardships in their town. A death metal band keeps rehearsing daily. A teacher guides visitors through the story of the city. The wonders of a vibrating armchair are tested as a tool against stress and anxiety. An elderly lady who has lost her son tries to talk some sense into her fellow citizens urging them to accept peace.
A Ukrainian town has just been occupied by pro-Russian military forces. A bank clerk is going to take credit money from those who won’t give it without a fight.