Intercepted

Local title
Pealtkuulatud
Title in Russian
Мирные люди
Director
Oksana Karpovych
Country
Canada, Ukraine, France
Year
2024
Programme
Standing with Ukraine, Best of Docs
Genre
Drama, War film
Subject
familial relationships, absurd

Ukrainian intelligence services have intercepted thousands of phone calls Russian soldiers made from the battlefield in Ukraine to their families and friends in Russia, painting a stark picture of the cruelty of war in a dizzying emotional tension.

“Intercepted” is an attempt to find an answer by showing two parallel worlds. Juxtaposed with images of the destruction caused by the invasion and the day-to-day life of the Ukrainian people who resist and rebuild, the voices of the Russian soldiers – ranging from being filled with heroic illusions to complete disappointment and loss of reason, from looting to committing more horrible war crimes, from propaganda to doubt and disillusionment – expose the whole scope of the dehumanizing power of war and imperialist nature of the Russian aggression.

Director
Oksana Karpovych
Screenwriter
Oksana Karpovych
Producer
Rocío B. Fuentes, Giacomo Nudi, Pauline Tran Van Lieu, Lucie Rego, Darya Bassel, Olha Beskhmelnytsina
Cinematographer
Christopher Nunn
Sound
Alex Lane
World sales
LightDox
Runtime
Language
Russian, Ukrainian
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Hong Kong, Berlin
Director
Oksana Karpovych

Ne khvylyuysya, dveri vidchynyatsya (Don't Worry, the Doors Will Open, 2019, doc), Intercepted (2024, doc)

Screenings

Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening032202 / Pealtkuulatud
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Hall Electric Cinema, TARTU
Screening064101 / Pealtkuulatud
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
9th Hall Apollo Kino Plaza
Screening170904 / Pealtkuulatud
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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