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
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.