About the film

After the war in Ukraine began, volunteer groups immediately formed to provide first aid to soldiers at the front. Vitaly Mansky’s film shows the work of one of them in the first six months of the war.

The other author of the film, Yevhen Titarenko, worked as a medic after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. In February 2022, he didn’t hesitate to rejoin the battalion of volunteer medics with his friends, whose work consisted mainly of transporting wounded soldiers to hospital. Using a camera mounted onto Yevhen’s uniform, the film mercilessly draws the audience into the cruel reality of war. Amidst the devastated landscape, the rumble of explosions, and the moans of the wounded, the morale of the volunteers remains surprisingly high. The chaotic action shots contrast sharply with scenes of resting away from the front. *The film contains drastic footage.