ROLE: Director, director of photography, producer
DURATION: 2 hours 7 minutes
BROADCASTER: TVO
AVAILABLE IN: English, Italian, Russian
A clandestine journey behind the Russian frontlines.
RUSSIANS AT WAR
Anastasia Trofimova gains unprecedented access to follow a Russian Army battalion in Ukraine. Without any official clearance or permits, she earns the trust of foot soldiers and over the span of a year embeds herself with the battalion as it makes its way across the frontlines. What she discovers is far from the narratives propagated by the East or West: a war cutting through family and historical ties, soldiers disillusioned and often struggling to understand what they are fighting for.
