Who can see a war coming? It started with fireworks in the Crimean sky, a strike on a civilian plane with 298 people on board over the fields of Donetsk, the onslaught on the city of Kyiv by Russian soldiers and bombs. Millions of local residents are trying to flee from Ukraine, while thousands of foreign journalists are trying to get in. One of them was there for it all.

Dir. Juri Rechinsky, Pierre Crom - 85min - 2022 - Ukraine, Austria, Netherlands

"co-directed by photojournalist Pierre Crom and film-maker Juri Rechinsky, this gripping documentary revisits the harrowing events leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.... Juxtaposed with Crom’s own photographs, his candid and insightful testimony brings a palpable intimacy that is often lost in journalistic accounts. Here is the march of war, seen up close and personal." - Guardian

"essential viewing for anyone who wants to know or be reminded of the path to Russia’s brutal full-scale war" - Modern Times Review

"magnificent images come alive not only on the screen but also in our hearts...it captivates us with its temporal and political relevance, leaving us speechless.” - **Winner**, Viennale