Dirs: Alina Gorlova and Simon Mozgovyi | Ukraine Doc 90’
War rages on amidst normal life in Kyiv. Personal photos lie amid the rubble as locals go about their daily business. Soldiers continue to train the civilian population and teach them how to use weapons. So no likelihood of peace. So what’s new?
Filmed on the widescreen and in intimate closeup this doc, playing in the Quinzaine at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, looks at the personal experience of the hostilities: In shopping malls, in hospitals, on the streets. For those interested in the ongoing conflict, it offers further insight into an indomitable nation Ukraine is unremittingly a country at war and determined not to give in. Meredith Taylor
QUINZAINE Selection | CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2025