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Oleh Sentsov Captures The Front Line In Ukraine’s Defense Against Russia’s Invasion In Karlovy Vary-Bound Doc ‘Real’ – First Look Trailer


'Real' will debut as a special screening at Karlovy Vary.

At this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the filmmaker debuts Real, a feature documentary he shot from the front lines of Ukraine ’s defense against Putin’s invasion of the country. The synopsis reads: During the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, film director Oleh Sentsov, an army reservist since returning from his incarceration in Putin’s gulag, joined a unit of the Ukrainian Defence Forces. Sentsov, whose filmography spans Rhino(2021), Nomery(2020), and Gamer(2011), joined Ukraine’s voluntary Territorial Defense forces on the day of Russia’s invasion on February 24, 2022.

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