2024 | Germany | Documentary,Short

Ungewollte Verwandtschaft (Unwanted Kinship)

  • Ukrainian, German, Russian 30 mins
  • Director | Pavel Mozhar
  • Writer | Pavel Mozhar, Kolja Volkmar
  • Producer | Kolja Volkmar, Pavel Mozhar

STATUS: Released

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Six months after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army withdraws from some occupied regions and settlements, leaving a trail of shockingly similar traces of war crimes. In the reports from several human rights organisations and independent groups of journalists, there is increasing evidence that Russian and Belarusian troops in the occupied territories have also been pursuing the systematic destruction of the civilian population’s national identity. Based on accounts from civilian victims, the filmmaker addresses this system of oppression. The individual statements are voiced by two Ukrainian actors, while the streets of his Berlin neighbourhood serve as the film’s backdrop. To determine the responsibility he himself might bear for this war, the filmmaker reflects on his childhood and school education in post-Soviet Belarus.

Ukraine Russian War Crime Identity Oppression Berlin Education Belarus
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