Militantropos

MILITANTROPOS captures the human condition through the fractured realities of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The film pieces together everyday lives transformed by war — those who flee, those who lose everything, and those who stay to resist and fight — tracing both the instinct to survive and the need for closeness.
Amid devastation and atrocity, the human is absorbed into war — and war, in turn, becomes part of the human.

directors Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi

DoPs Vyacheslav Tsvietkov, Khrystyna Lyzogub, Denys Melnyk

scriptwriters Yelizaveta Smith, Yelizaveta Smith, Maksym Nakonechnyi, Simon Mozgovyi

producer Eugene Rachkovsky

producer Mischief Films Ralph Wieser

producers Les Valseurs Nabil Bellahsene, Justin Pechberty, Damien Megherbi

associate producer Viktoriia Horodynska

music Peter Kutin

sound Mykhailo Zakutskyi, Peter Kutin

editing consultant Dieter Pichler

colorist Emmanuel Fortin

Directors' Fortnight - Cannes, France
Official Selection

Docudays UA IHRDFF, Ukraine 
Ukrainian Competition 
Won: The Union Of The Ukrainian Film Critics’ Jury Prize

Filmfest München, Germany 
CineMasters

TARTUFF, Estonia 
Official Selection

Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Documentary Film Competition

DMZ Docs, South Korea 
International Competition

Tirana International Film Festival, Albania 
Documentary Feature Competition

War on Screen, France 
Official Selection

Inconvenient Films - International Human Rights Doc Film Festival, Lithuania 
Official Selection

CINEAST - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg 

Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine, Peru 
International Competition

All About Freedom Film Festival, Poland
Official Selection

São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil 
International Perspective

One World - International Documentary Film Festival, Slovakia 
Official Selection

Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin, Germany 
Official Selection
Immer wieder Aufbruch, Germany 
Official Selection

International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany
Filmscapes

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Best of Fests

Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Hungary
International Competition

Porto/Post/Doc Film & Media Festival, Portugal
International Competition

FIDOCS, Chile
Spotlight - Ukrainian Films

KINO ASYL, Germany 
Official Selection

This Human World – International Human Rights Film Festival, Austria 
International Competition

Human Rights Film Festival Zagreb, Croatia
Official Selection

International Education Film Festival, France
Official Selection

Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival, Greece 
International Competition

Trieste Film Festival, Italy 
Documentary Competition
Won: Audience Award for Best Documentary

Glasgow Film Festival, United Kingdom 
Official Selection

Bengaluru International Film Festival, India 
Contemporary World Cinema

Ishigaki Islander Film Festival, Japan 
Official Selection

Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil 
International Competition

BAFICI - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Argentina
Politics Program

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, North Carolina, United States 
New Docs CompetitionWon:Special Jury Award

Toronto Ukrainian International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada 
Official Selection

Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico
Panorama Documental

SEEfest - South East European Film Festival Los Angeles, United States 
Competition for Best Documentary

Women Film Festival FEMCINE, Chile 
Official Selection - Territorios en tensión

Ukraine on Film - Brussels, Belgium
Official Selection

Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Poland 
Political Science Section

Beldocs, International Documentary Festival, Serbia 
Prime time Section

1. European Film Academy Voters: if you would like to attend one of these screenings, we'd love to invite you to be our guest!
   Please email here (baosheaconsulting@gmail.com) to reserve a ticket.

   
   Inconvenient Films - International Human Rights Doc Film Festival, Lithuania (7 - 26 October, 2025)
   Screening: 17.10. 17:30
   https://kcromuva.lt/en/filmai/nk-militantropos/

2. CINEAST - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg (10 - 26 October, 2025)
   Screening: October 20, 2025, 6:30 - 8:31
   https://cineast.eventive.org/schedule/militantropos-68d5aeb5d832c0c49154949d

3. Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine, Peru (10 - 19 October, 2025)
   

4. All About Freedom Film Festival, Poland (11 - 19 October, 2025)
   

5. São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil (16 - 30 October, 2025)
   Thu, 24 Oct 2025 · 21:20 · Espaço Petrobras de Cinema — Sala 1
   Fri, 25 Oct 2025 · 18:45 · Espaço Petrobras de Cinema — Anexo 4
   https://www.saopaulofilmfestival.com.br/

6. One World - International Documentary Film Festival, Slovakia (21 - 26 October, 2025)
   Screening: 16:00 26. Oct  Lumière - K2
   https://jedensvet.cinepass.sk/en/tickets/

   Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin, Germany (22 - 26 October, 2025)
   Sat, 25 Oct 2025 · 16:00 Kino im Planetarium
   Sun, 26 Oct 2025 · 17:00 ACUD Kino
   https://www.uffberlin.de/uffb2025/militantropos

7. Immer wieder Aufbruch, Germany (23 - 25 October, 2025)
   24.10.2025, 17 Uhr TANZFAKTUR Siegburger Str. 233W 50679 Köln
   https://www.bgk-verein.de/immer-wieder-aufbruch-2025/ 

8. International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany (6 - 16 November, 2025)
   

9. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands (14 - 24 November, 2025)
   

10. Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Hungary (11-19 November, 2025)