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- StarsChristian BrendelAnny DupereyLino CapolicchioYoung Charlemagns is placed on the Frankish throne in the middle of the 8th Century A.D. Despite having many powerful enemies he slowly unites the nations of Western Europe and rebuilds civilization on the ruins of the Roman Empire.
- StarsPauline LynchSteven BerkoffAndrew PleavinIn 400 AD, the Roman Empire is the greatest power in the world. But to the east a fierce people arose: the Huns. They believe in a prophecy about a great king who will unite the tribes and challenge Rome for control of the world.
- DirectorTommaso BenefortiStarsDavid WhiteThe narration of the events occurred to a family who was attacked by goblin-aliens throughout the all night. The Hopkinsville-Kelly mystery, one of the most peculiar cases of close encounters.
- DirectorRobin BarnwellStarsAlevtina ShvetsovaDiana BergOksanaMixed with the testimonies of a dozen survivors, most of them young women, terrible scenes retrace from the inside the siege of Mariupol, a large port in southeastern Ukraine on the Sea of Azov, from the start of the Russian invasion on February 24 to the surrender of the last combatants entrenched in the Azovstal metallurgical complex on May 21. According to the Ukrainian authorities' estimate, some 25,000 civilians died during these three months of indiscriminate shelling and firing by the Russian army, which also destroyed almost the entire city of 430,000 inhabitants, which was then surrounded and almost cut off from the world.
- DirectorMaksim LitvinovIt follows the people who spent the first month of the invasion in the city of Mariupol.
- DirectorYelyzaveta TatarinovaMariupol - ruined but not conquered. The city in the east of Ukraine, with almost half a million people, has survived the occupation, total destruction, and a humanitarian catastrophe. The occupiers were murdering civilians, preventing them from escaping. In this film - the story of the survivors, their life in hell, and ultimately - salvation.
- DirectorSofiia MelnykThe story of a little girl who wakes up on February 24th because of the air alert, and tries to find someone living in the burning city. The main character is based on the story of Alisa, a 4-year-old girl, who stayed in the besieged Mariupol during the whole time; she was also at the Azovstal plant during the last month of its defense. When the Russians allowed the civilians to evacuate from Azovstal, Alisa was separated from her mother.
- DirectorMstyslav ChernovStarsMstyslav ChernovEvgeniy MaloletkaLiudmyla AmelkinaAs the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
- DirectorDmitriy KomarovStarsDmitriy KomarovKyrylo BudanovOleksii ReznikovA documentary film-project by Dmytro Komarov. He was the first journalist to witness and film the horrors of the just-liberated towns of Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel. He saw the first emotions of people immediately after the de-occupation of Kyiv region, Kharkiv region, and Kherson region. The documentary is the author's view of the war from angles that you won't see in the news. Unique, rare, exclusive comments from those whose hands and minds are shaping our future victory. The main heroes of documentary are both ordinary Ukrainians who heroically show their strength and power every day for a year and high-ranking officials such as Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov, Major General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk.
- DirectorAaron KaufmanSean PennStarsVolodymyr ZelenskyyAndrii YermakSteven PiferFollows the events happening in Ukraine and the truth about Russia's invasion of the country.
- DirectorYana MazanaAlan BadoevThe unique testimony of the tragic events and crimes of russia through the eyes of Ukrainians, which the entire world must see and feel.
- DirectorAnton PtushkinThe film highlights the stories of people and their pets against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- DirectorShahida TulaganovaStarsIsabelle FarahThousands of Ukrainian children, some of them orphans, were taken to Russia after the war started. Many were sent to recreational camps in Russia by their parents to escape the shelling; they were then stuck there, sometimes for months, waiting for their mothers to bring them back. Others were fostered into Russian families, led to believe that Russia had saved them after their parents had abandoned them. This remarkable doc explores the journey of these children, and the parents trying to bring them home.
- DirectorArtem LytvynenkoStarsBen HodgesAndrzej FalkowskiPhilip JonesFollows the first month of the Russian-Ukrainian war, also features military experts and Ukrainian military leaders.
- DirectorRuslan BatytskyiTetiana BuialoDmytro BurkoThe kaleidoscope of stories shines a light on Ukrainians bravely defending their land against the Russian invasion, where millions struggle for their right to exist. A compendium of short films, this is highlights the full tragedy that followed the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It charts the course of the Russian progression across the country through the lives and communities of those affected by the wide-scale aggression, alongside those fighting for their land. The film details the force of the assault, but its primary focus lies with the strength of the communities that have had to endure unimaginable hardships but who remain resilient in the face of such oppression. It joins an increasing number of ground-level films documenting the reality of this modern tragedy.
- DirectorLyubomyr LevytskyStarsVasyl KrutchakThe film tells the story of a married couple of civilians who came under intense fire from the enemy Russian army in the Izyum region in their car. The 93rd "Kholodny Yar" military brigade, not having the opportunity to safely approach Ukrainian civilians, conducted an unprecedented rescue operation with the help of drones.
- DirectorIgor GomaThe volunteers who risked their lives to rescue animals from the areas that were abandoned in the wake of the Russian invasion
- DirectorKris CuypersTestimonies of sexual violence, torture and rape by Russian soldiers emerge from the recaptured Ukrainian towns and villages
- DirectorAndriy ZayetsUkrainian Sappers. Diaries of the War - is a documentary film directed by Andrii Zaiets about the heroic work of servicemen of the 143rd joint training centr "Podillia" during the Russian-Ukrainian war from 2014 to 2023.
- DirectorAndriy ZayetsAn anthology of short documentaries combined into a single full-length documentary from the international journalistic project with the same title about the war in Ukraine, which consists of documentaries, interviews and special stories about volunteers, journalists, artists, soldiers and artists of the "Cultural Front" of the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, who have been working in their place since the first hours of the Russian invasion for the sake of the struggle for the independence of Ukraine.
- DirectorPaul AdamsStarsPaul AdamsThroughout the winter, Russia has been attacking Ukraine's power grid, forcing power cuts across the country and doing untold damage with missiles and drones. But an army of Ukrainian engineers has been fighting back in an effort to keep the lights on. Paul Adams has been given exclusive access to the teams involved and the often dangerous environment in which they work.
- DirectorOleksii YesakovWith each Russian missile attack targeting Ukrainian critical infrastructure, the prospect of Christmas lights in Ukraine faded. The film shows stories from five cities: Odesa, Lviv, Pavlograd, Kharkiv, Kyiv, highlighting how Ukrainians reacted to this differently. A "energetic front" has opened in the country: engineers, electricians, repair teams, call centers, rescuers. They have learnt to repair damages and found the bravery to bring light time after time.
- DirectorAleksandr BochkoThis is a tribute to doctors, volunteers and many ordinary people of Ukraine. An ordinary clinic in an ordinary Ukrainian town. This is about those people who care. Those who consider Ukrainian land their home.
- DirectorYelyzaveta TatarinovaKherson is a city occupied by Russian troops from the first days of the war. Russian propaganda tries to create a picture of "peaceful life" in the south of Ukraine, but in reality Russia kidnaps and tortures people, keeps Kherson people in informational isolation, and does not allow them to leave the occupied region. However, Kherson resists.
- DirectorAndrii MozhovyiIn the past, Natalia is a documentary director and film producer, and now she is the head of the air reconnaissance unit of the 112th separate brigade of territorial defense with the call sign "Angel". On the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, she changed her profession and went to the front with her son. In a fairly short time, she assembled her own unit. Its composition is also mostly creative people: former cameramen, sound engineers, gaffers. Everything is like on a film set. But now they are shooting a different movie, where there is no second take.
- DirectorTony HindhaughStarsTony HindhaughHard-hitting documentary following the day of a Ukrainian military funeral. The true cost of war is not about oil, or territory. It's about the loss of life, something that can never be replaced.
- DirectorVoloshyn AndriiOleksii LiebiedievBased on examples and evidence of the events that took place in Ukraine, the film explores the modern Russian authoritarian system. How modern Russia has become a huge, militarized monster that is ready to aggressively attack its neighbors, following the imperial narratives of its leaders. About how and when the concept of absorption of neighboring nations was formed among the Russians. When and why did this concept become the main political and social project of Russia. The problem of the development of the authoritarian regime of Vladimir Putin and the transformation of Russian society under the pressure of this regime is being raised in the film. 10 experts are trying to understand and realize the reasons for the mental degradation of the nation, which resulted in a new war in Europe.
- DirectorDiana Maria OlssonUncover the horrific state-approved mass kidnapping of Ukrainian children during Russia's invasion in this documentary. Follow activists as they attempt to bring children back home
- DirectorSerhiy SotnychenkoMarch 31, 2002, when Ukrainian armed forces liberated Kyiv from the Russian invaders
- DirectorArtur LermanFilm reconstruction of five real stories about the heroic deeds of the residents of Kyiv region during the Russian occupation. A story about those who heroically and selflessly saved tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives.
- DirectorIvan YasniyDiary of a medical vehicle racing from peaceful London to Ukraine's frontline. Meeting paramedics en route, seeing the cost of snatching lives from death in a war where angels should be armored.
- DirectorAllie WharfSurvivors of six months of Russian occupation in North Eastern Ukraine search for relatives who may be in a mass grave. Nearly 450 bodies were found - some tortured, some shot, and some had died as a result of the bombardment of the area.
- DirectorSergii DmytrenkoStarsValerii AnanievOleksandr PolozhynskyiYanina SokolovaThis is an incredible story of Valerii Markus (Valerii Ananiev), a paratrooper of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a veteran of the Anti-Terrorist Operation, a blogger, traveler and author of the bestseller book "Footprints on the Road". To somehow structure in his mind the three years he spent in the war, Valerii Markus leaves Paris for the Way of El Camino de Santiago. But will the paratrooper find peace by following the legendary path of the pilgrims? What changes will Valerii get after all that he has gone through and why is he being drawn to another long journey again and again?
- The day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 forever changed the lives of the heroes of the film-almanac - ordinary citizens became real defenders of their Motherland. The viewer will see six stories that are very similar, but at the same time unique.
- DirectorDmitry ShovkoplyasUkraine, 24 February. A regular winter morning transforms into an extraordinary event, and everyday life becomes part of a great war. Time slows down and space shrinks. And while the familiar world is collapsing, it's still necessary to water the flowers and buy the cat food. Explosions, sirens, queues, shelters. Evacuation, roads, checkpoints, volunteering. To leave or to stay? Which direction to run? There's a river beyond the forest, and a bridge beyond it, but you can't see it. In case of heavy fog, try to follow the sounds. This essay-film, shot on a smartphone, attempts to capture the feeling of the 'here and now' at the end of February 2022, and to explore everyday life during the war.
- DirectorMarcus LenzMila TeshaievaLocals emerge from their shelters, corpses are lying in the streets of Bucha. The trauma is clear to see. But life needs to go on. At first, all is despair-But these Ukrainians reveal their resilience.
- DirectorAlexei Sandakov
- DirectorMani BenchelahPatrick TombolaStarsCate BlanchettWill LymanIn February 2022, Russia launched a military assault on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and the Ukrainians refused to surrender. Filmed during the first three months of the unprovoked invasion, Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack provides a powerful inside portrait of the civilians and first responders who chose not to evacuate but to remain and defend the city, refusing to hand their country over to Vladimir Putin and taking a stand for democracy in the process. Commissioned by FRONTLINE (PBS) with Channel 4.