5 documentaries about Ukraine worth watching
Ukrainian documentaries that everyone should watch (photo: Kinorium)
The following films raise important topics about Ukraine such as war, repression, the fight for freedom, social problems, and ordinary human fates.
RBC-Ukraine reports on documentaries about Ukraine worth your time.
Winter on Fire
The film was released in 2015 and directed by Yevhen Afineevsky. It chronicles the events of the Revolution of Dignity and was nominated for an Oscar. Real footage, eyewitness accounts, and the spirit of the fight for freedom are what permeates the entire plot.
20 Days in Mariupol
The Oscar-winning film by Mstyslav Chernov is a documentary testimony to the horrors of the siege of Mariupol by the Russian occupiers. It contains unique footage that fully reflects the reality of the war and shows all its terrible consequences.
Ten seconds
The film tells the story of the aftermath of the Russian shelling of the Skhidnyi residential area in Mariupol on January 24, 2015, which resulted in numerous civilian casualties. The attack was carried out with Grad multiple rocket launchers from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine by Russian militants from the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic.
The Distant Barking of Dogs
A documentary by Danish director Simon Lereng Wilmont co-produced by Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. The plot tells the story of a 10-year-old boy who grows up in a frontline village in Donbas and constantly hears explosions.
How can one not love you?
The film is dedicated to ordinary Kyiv residents and their changing place in life. It is a kind of cinematic nostalgic work about modern Kyiv.
