Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods
The human face of war
From EMMY ® award-winning the director of Four Hours at the Capitol and Escape from Kabul, this film follows Ukrainian fighters as they battle to push back a Russian advance on Ukraine’ s intensely bombarded Eastern Front. This characterled documentary is a ground level view of the war through the eyes of the soldiers fighting it.
With extraordinary access to the tightly controlled frontlines Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods follows the mission of a Ukrainian assault company as they undertake a single deployment on one of Ukraine’ s most violent battlefronts; a snow-covered forest near Kup’ yans’ k.
Filmed over nine weeks, the documentary examines the lives of the 99 strong military company as they face sustained Russian assaults. Their stories are told through immersive footage filmed by troops themselves, combined with observational filming and intimate interviews to present an unflinching human portrait of Europe’ s bloodiest war in living memory.
Duration 1 x 1 hr
Produced by HOYO Films for the BBC, UK, in association with All3Media International