Intercepted

• Oksana Karpovych
• 95 min
• Canada, France, Ukraine
• 2024
• Documentary

Secretly intercepted Russian conversations from the front lines in Ukraine, set against a backdrop of devastated cities and roads, expose the brutality of war and the people behind it.

In Oksana Karpovych’s visually striking documentary, the horrors of war and its political madness are unveiled through secretly intercepted phone calls—made available by Ukrainian intelligence—between Russian soldiers in Ukraine and their families in Russia. The soldiers describe their actions and experiences—sometimes with chilling pride, sometimes with regret and despair. On the other end of the line, their words are met with concern, incomprehension, and harsh propaganda. Intercepted is an unflinching depiction of the absurd reality of Russian imperialism, where sound and image confront one another, and the voices in the shadow of war are revealed with relentless clarity.

- Josef Kullengård

• Kontemplation
• Krig
• Dokumentär
• Natur
• Omskakande