Ukraine, 2023
21′
directed by Oleksiy Radynski
Grand Prix of Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2023
During the Russian occupation of the Chornobyl Zone in early 2022, a local informant is clandestinely filming the Russian troops. We hear the workers of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station discuss their experiences during the Russian military takeover of their facility – an act of nuclear terror which threatened another global disaster at this site. Past and present catastrophic scenarios intertwine in this macabre episode of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This work has been developed as part of the Reckoning Project, a media and forensic effort to aimed at investigating and prosecuting Russian war crimes in Ukraine.