*UK & IRELAND THEATRICAL
intercepted
directed by OKSANA KARPOVYCH
Canada, France, Ukraine / 93 Mins / Bulgarian
Synopsis:
In Intercepted, sound and image stare each other in the face as Oksana Karpovych contrasts quiet compositions of everyday life of Ukrainians since the full-scale invasion with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families.
Logline:
Destruction in Ukraine war shown through lengthy tableaux. Soldiers' phone calls to families reveal parallel world. Sound and image confront one another.
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The terrific Ukrainian documentary is an austere and harrowing chronicle of life, death and indifference.” - The New York Times
“The movie’s stylistic tension, between images of life being lived (or having been lived), and disembodied voices portending death, connects the dots between ideology and action, between propaganda and bloodshed.” - Indiewire
★★★★ “Chilling glimpse into Russian soldiers’ minds in Ukraine” - The Guardian
“By anonymizing both the callers and the places featured in the documentary, “Intercepted” becomes a sobering portrait of the many millions of lives interrupted by this war.” - Roger Ebert
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Oksana Karpovych is a Ukrainian-Canadian filmmaker, writer and photographer born in Kyiv. Her first feature documentary Don’t Worry, the Doors Will Open won the New Visions Award at RIDM in 2019 and received a special mention at Hot Docs 2020. In her projects, Karpovych explores the everyday life and oral histories of ordinary people and how state politics intrude into the private sphere, influencing the communities she intimately documents. Karpovych is a Cultural Studies graduate of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine and a Film Production graduate of Concordia University in Montreal.
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2024
World Premiere: Berlin International Film Festival – Forum Section 2024
Thessaloniki IDFF (Greek Premiere)
CPH:DOX (Danish Premiere)
Docville (Belgium Premiere)
Hong Kong IFF (Asian Premiere)
New Directors / New Films (North American Premiere)
ZagrebDox
BAFICI – Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
Hot Docs (Canadian Premiere)
Crossing Europe (Austrian Premiere)
Ukraine on Film Festival Brussels
Festival La Rochelle (French Premiere)
Galway Film Fleadh (Irish Premiere)
Ceau Cinema (Romanian Premiere)
Dokufest, Kosovo
Melbourne IFF (Australian Premiere)
Oradea Summer Film
Mimesis DFF
Sarajevo Film Festival
Baltic Sea Docs
International Human Rights Film Festival Albania
HIFF – Love & Anarchy
Ukrainian Film Festival in London
Sofia Documental (Bulgarian Premiere)
Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival, UK
Festival do Rio, Brazil
Filmfest Osnabrück
Mediterranean Film Festival Široki Brijeg
Bogota International Film Festival (Colombian Premiere)
Lima Alterna Film Festival (Peruvian Premiere)
CinEast
ZINEBI (Spanish Premiere)
Centre Film Festival
IDFA (Dutch Premiere)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, PÖFF (Estonian Premiere)
ExGround Film festival
Filmmaker Fest (Italian Premiere)
European Film Forum SCANORAMA (Lithuanian Premiere)
RIDM, Canada
WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film IFF
Eastern Neighbours Film Festival
Moldox
2025
Tromsø IFF, Norway
Gothenburg Film Festival, Sweden
Antenna DFF, Australia
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Year: 2024
Country: Canada, France, Ukraine
Length: 93 mins
World Premiere: Berlinale 2024
Director: Oksana Karpovych
Producer: Giacomo Nudi, Rocío B. Fuentes
Co-Producer: Pauline Tran Van Lieu, Lucie Rego, Darya Bassel, Olha Beskhmelnytsina
Cinematographer: Christopher Nunn
Editor: Charlotte Tourres
Music: NFNR
Sound: Artem Kosynskyi
OKSANA KARPOVYCH
