Past screening

Occupied

Directed by: Albina Kovalyova
Runtime: 48min Certificate: 12

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Directed by: Albina Kovalyova
Runtime: 48min Certificate: 12
Topics: Personal Stories, Sociopolitical
Last Screened: Thu 2nd Mar 2023

Dmytro Bahnenko, a journalist in Kherson, southern Ukraine, spent three months secretly recording his city’s resistance to the Russian occupation.

In an extraordinary film for BBC Eye, journalist Dmytro Bahnenko chronicles the harsh reality of life under Russian control, as food and medicines become scarce, people flee and others disappear.

Occupied will screen on 2nd March, marking a year since Russian troops occupied Kherson, presented in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute London and followed by a panel discussion with director Albina Kovalyova, Senior Journalist/Producer at BBC World Service Kateryna Khinkulova and hosted by the BBC’s Diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams.