Oleh Sentsov Captures The Front Line In Ukraine’s Defense Against Russia’s Invasion In Karlovy Vary-Bound Doc ‘Real’ – First Look Trailer
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov spent more than five years in prison in Russia for opposing its annexation of his native Crimea in 2014.
At this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the filmmaker debuts Real, a feature documentary he shot from the front lines of Ukraine’s defense against Putin’s invasion of the country.
The film will debut as a special screening at Karlovy Vary. The synopsis reads: During the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, film director Oleh Sentsov, an army reservist since returning from his incarceration in Putin’s gulag, joined a unit of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
In his role as an army lieutenant, he took part in several intensive battles – and during one, his BMP armored vehicle was destroyed by Russian artillery.
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