The Kyiv Independent Movie Trailers

Can You Hear Me? The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics Trailer (2024)

12 December 2024

The documentary follows a group of Ukrainian military medics as they travel from the challenging realities of Ukraine to a peaceful retreat in Sweden.

Bullet Holes. Investigating Child Murders Trailer (2023)

13 September 2023

The Russian military has already killed more than 500 Ukrainian children during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Faces of Torture Trailer (2023)

07 December 2023

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has used the Olenivka prison, located in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, as a camp for prisoners of war and civilian hostages from Mariupol.

No God But Theirs Trailer (2025)

29 May 2025

Melitopol, a city in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has traditionally been a hub of religious and cultural diversity.

When the Water Screams Trailer (2025)

27 February 2025

In June 2023, there was an explosion at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. Several pieces of evidence showed that the Russian military, who were in control of the hydroelectric power plant at the time, had blown it up from the inside.

Uprooted. Trailer (2023)

18 July 2023

Journalists from The Kyiv Independent conducted an investigation and spoke with relatives and guardians whose children were on the verge of being sent to Russia.

Torture Culture Trailer (2026)

13 February 2026

Torture in Russian captivity is systematic. In a new documentary, The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit uncovers the torture of Ukrainian civilians held by Russian forces and traces the roots of these practices through Russian history.

Crimea: The War Before the War. Part 1 Trailer (2026)

10 January 2026

Russia seized Crimea in February–March 2014, shortly after the EuroMaidan Revolution, at a time when Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had fled the country and the new authorities were just beginning to govern.

Curated Theft Trailer (2025)

23 January 2025

Russian forces looted two museums in Kherson in the fall of 2022 — the Art Museum and the Museum of Local History.