Ukraine, the Other Frontline

2023
Documentary 75’
Directed by Laurent Jaoui

Summary

Viktor, Oleana, Christina, Jana and Oleg are journalists, reporters and presenters for the Ukrainian television channel ICTV. On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian full scale invasion, they chose to stay at work, to do their job, to report the news, to contribute to the war effort. Their lives were turned upside down overnight: installed in secret basements, they no longer knew the boundary between their professional and private lives. They became a family, dedicated 24 hours a day to providing information in wartime.

“How is wartime news produced in Ukraine? A gripping and fascinating insight into the upheavals of everyday life in television newsrooms” (Télérama, 15 February 2023).

format

Documentary 75′ & 53′

directed by

Laurent Jaoui

scenario

Inna Shevchenko et Laurent Jaoui

cinematography
and sound

Andrii Lysetskyi
Yakiv Liubchych

film editing

Benoît Alavoine
In collaboration with
Anna Lyubynetska
Artem Iurchenko

sound editing and mixing

Jean-Marc Schick

coproduction

Starlight.doc

international sales

Zed

with the participation of

Canal+DOCS

year

2023

festivals

Festival Tv de Luchon 2023

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It all began at the veterinary school in Toulouse.
It continued at the Institut National des Arts du Spectacle in Brussels.
That’s where I met Raoul Ruiz. Assistant on two of his films.
Then ten years of short films: eleven films made.
Followed by twenty years of films for television: sixteen dramas and six documentaries produced.
During all this time, writing screenplays, some of which became films.

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