Because of Cossack Blood (2026)

Roman Krupach’s documentary is a raw, first-person journey through the frontlines of Ukraine’s defense, capturing the grim reality of sapper outposts, field hospitals, and recovery wards. But this is no detached war report—it’s the deeply intimate confession of a filmmaker who answered the call to enlist on February 25, 2022, served in active combat, and suffered a life-altering injury in 2024. When the lens fails and words fall short, the film plunges into stark black-and-white 2D animation, translating the war’s most brutal, unfilmable truths into haunting visual metaphors. A visceral fusion of memoir and frontline testimony, it turns personal trauma into a universal elegy for resilience.