The YouTube channel of the Babylon’13 cinematographers’ association has posted a teaser for the upcoming film “Standing Our Ground” produced by DocNoteFilms studio, which is dedicated to humor in military life.
“We Do Our Own” is a documentary by DocNoteFilms with the participation of Babylon’13, which explores military humor and resilience. Through 3 themes military life, the “paper” army and combat curiosities viewers will be able to see how Ukrainians joke to stay themselves and continue fighting the enemy. The film features Ukrainian soldiers from the 17th Separate Tank Brigade, the International Legion Medical Service, the Thor Group and the Hammer Group.
Watch the teaser of the movie “Standing Our Ground” here:
The creators of the project want to tell the story of humor, stubbornness, and dedication of the Ukrainian military, who continue to be ordinary people while doing the most unimaginable things.
Director of Photography Pavlo Lypa says:
“The topic of humor in war is currently practically absent in Ukrainian documentary cinema. However, having filmed and talked to the military at the front and in the rear, we have always seen one thing – as soon as the initial ice of acquaintance is broken, jokes and funny stories start flowing. That’s why we decided to explore this phenomenon through documentary filmmaking, trying to figure out how the soldiers adapted to the realities of the Great War through various jokes, sarcasm, banter and satire.”
The filming of “Standing Our Ground” took place last fall and winter in Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. The film also uses video footage provided by the military themselves.
The project was created with the support of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
“We support veteran projects in the field of culture because this is how we help defenders record and share their experiences. These projects are important not only now, but will be relevant even in decades to come,” says Ruslana Velychko-Tryfoniuk, Acting Executive Director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
Follow the news about the film on the DocNoteFilms Facebook page and watch Standing Our Ground online this May!
Reference:
Production: DocNoteFilms studio with the participation of Babylon13.
Directed by: Konstantin Klyatskin
Director of photography: Pavlo Lypa
Producer: Serhiy Malyarchuk
Sound Editor: Vasyl Yavtushenko
Composer: Roman Vyshnevsky
Editing: Pavlo Lypa / Konstantin Klyatskin
About DocNoteFilms:
We are a group of professionals, almost comrades-in-arms, who decided to film contemporary Ukrainian realities as honestly and openly as possible. Since we started our documentary journey in 2013 as part of the BABYLON’13 project, we have been documenting the emergence of civil society in Ukraine, always being in the midst of history, and reflecting on the events and people around us as much as possible.
Our creative output includes short documentaries about the Maidan and the war in eastern Ukraine, feature-length documentaries “Crimea as It Was”, “Fragile Freedom”, “Polissya’s Nets”, the short film “Prison on Stryiska”, documentary series “Cool Zamis” and “Art in a Country at War”, and others.
