The new film by Ukrainian director and soldier Oleg Sentsov, Real, will be screened for the first time as part of the Special Screenings program at the 59th International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), which will take place from June 28 to July 6, 2024. This is a “class A” festival, considered one of the key festivals in Central and Eastern Europe.
According to the company’s press service “Arthouse Traffic,” with the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Sentsov joined the Ukrainian army and fought on the southeastern front. In the summer of 2023, he accidentally filmed one of the battles when his APC was hit by the enemy. Oleh was in the nearest trench and tried to organize the evacuation of a part of his unit, which was under fire, almost without ammunition, to a position codenamed “Real,” using radio communications. This unplanned footage, shot with the director’s tactical camera, became a documentary.
