Production still of Intercepted. A ransacked classroom in a school near Mikholaiv is shown. Blue and yellow cloths are hanging from the ceiling, a light fixture is hanging from the ceiling by a thread. The classroom door is wide open and wind is blowing from the destroyed windows
Intercepted
Production still from Intercepted, Photo: Christopher Nunn
Film Complete

Directed by

Oksana Karpovych

Produced by

Giacomo Nudi and Rocío B. Fuentes

Intercepted is an 80-minute observational documentary film about the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Its narrative is based on a simple yet shocking juxtaposition of two realities: the reality of Ukrainians who have been suffering and resisting the war violence and the reality of the Russian military, and civilians who have been perpetrating it. We learn about the former through quiet observations of the trail of the war in the cities most affected by it. The latter is built with off-screen voices: conversations of ordinary Russian soldiers in Ukraine who call their friends and relatives in Russia. These heart-to-heart exchanges have been secretly intercepted and then publicly released by the Ukrainian intelligence.

Intercepted is a 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee.

Berlin International Film Festival

Special Mention, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (2024)

Special Mention, Amnesty International Film Award (2024)

Krakow Film Festival

Winner, FIPRESCI Prize for Best Documentary (2024)

Winner, Silver Horn prize for Best Film on Social Issues (2024)

Galway Film Fleadh

Winner, Best International Documentary (2024)

Hong Kong International Film Festival

Special Mention, Documentary (2024)

BAFICI

Winner, SIGNIS Award (2024)

Winner, Best Direction at BAFICI (2024)

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