EASTERN FRONT

SHIDNIY FRONT

By Vitaly MANSKY, Yevhen TITARENKO

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Documentary - Completed 2023

Defending their homeland from Russian aggression, the
protagonists, along with the whole country, went to the Eastern Front. In 2022 all of Ukraine, from the Donbas to the Carpathians, became the Eastern Front for Europe.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale 2023
Encounters
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • LATVIA, UKRAINE, CZECH REPUBLIC, USA
    • Languages
    • UKRANIAN, RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Vitaly MANSKY, Yevhen TITARENKO
    • Synopsis
    • On 24 February 2022, Yevhen, together with his friends, volunteered to join the first aid battalion on the front line. They provided lifesaving support and evacuation of the injured. This film reveals the experiences of these young men over six months full of drama, despair, fear, hatred, bitterness, love, and, most importantly, faith in victory.

      As they left for the front, they sent their families to the rear – to a village in western Ukraine. All of them come to this idyllic place for a couple of days to baptise the nine-month-old son of one of our protagonists. As soon as they rise from the celebratory feast, they have to go back to the front…