Check out some of our upcoming documentaries hitting cinemas this summer.
THE LAST JOURNEY
Renowned Swedish TV duo Filip and Fredrik embark on a trip to France, aiming to rekindle the zest for life of Filip's father. After 40 years as a beloved French teacher at Köping, Lars Hammar retires, but becomes passive and apathetic to the dismay of his family. Looking to rekindle the spark in his life, his son Filip and best friend Fredrik load Lars into a car to head on a road trip to France.
★★★★★
"Deeply moving"
The Upcoming
"Reflective and insightful"
Cineuropa
"Humorous and heartbreaking"
Variety
In UK and Ireland cinemas from 20 June.
2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA is the second feature film from the Oscar®-winning team behind 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL — Ukrainian filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov, producer and editor Michelle Mizner and producer Raney Aronson-Rath. The film will be featured in the world-renowned festival’s World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Amid a failing counteroffensive in 2023, Chernov and his AP colleague Alex Babenko follow a Ukrainian platoon traversing through one mile of a heavily fortified forest on their mission to liberate the small, Russian-occupied village of Andriivka. But as 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA reveals with haunting intimacy, the farther the soldiers advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that, for them, this war may never end.
Weaving together intensive Ukrainian Army bodycam footage and powerful moments of reflection, Chernov captures the war in his own country from a personal and devastating vantage point. 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA documents a battle emblematic of the broader Russian-Ukraine war — the largest military operation in Europe since World War II — and presents a view of modern warfare reminiscent of battles fought nearly a century ago.
“Packs a visceral, existential punch”
“A shattering expedition to the frontline of the war in Ukraine….Vigorous…and propulsive” Variety
“A fearless piece of filmmaking in the face of danger”…”Visceral and immersive”
In UK and Irish cinemas from July.