INTERCEPTED

Intercepted
by Oksana Karpovych
2024, Ukraine, 95 minutes, Ukrainian and Russian with English subtitles

Set against the backdrop of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Intercepted weaves together intercepted phone calls between Russian soldiers and their families with images of destroyed Ukrainian towns. The conversations, sometimes chilling in their banality, reveal a jarring disconnect between those who wage war and the reality they leave in their wake. As domestic chatter collides with landscapes of devastation, the film exposes the everyday absurdities and normalized violence behind imperial aggression. The film premiered at the Berlinale Forum 2024 and was the winner of the Grand Prix at RIDM Montreal in 2024.

Oksana Karpovych Oksana Karpovych is a Ukrainian-Canadian filmmaker and author based in Kyiv. In her work Karpovych explores oral histories, collective traumas and the impact of state politics on the lives of individuals and communities she intimately documents. Intercepted has been presented extensively on film festivals and received several prizes including the Best Direction at BAFICI (Buenos Aires), the Silver Horn for Best Documentary on Social Issues at Krakow IFF, and the main award at Scanorama (Vilnius).

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