WARM Movie Nights Schedule
Monday, July 7 – 8:00 PM
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Director: Mstyslav Chernov
Produced by the Oscar®-winning team behind 20 Days in Mariupol
Venue: Kino Meeting Point
WARM Festival 2025 opens with the latest documentary by our longtime friend and collaborator Mstyslav Chernov, whose award-winning work has previously been shown at WARM.
Following his searing chronicle of the siege in 20 Days in Mariupol, Chernov now turns his lens toward Ukrainian soldiers in 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA, offering a personal and harrowing look at the human cost of the war’s frontline. Filmed during Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive, the documentary follows a Ukrainian brigade through a heavily mined and fortified forest as they attempt to liberate the Russian-occupied village of Andriivka, just two hours from Chernov’s native Kharkiv.
Through a powerful mix of original reporting, Ukrainian Army bodycam footage, and moments of intimate reflection, the film reveals the daily decisions, trauma, and determination of those who are fighting not just for land, but for survival, memory, and meaning.
This is the regional premiere of 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA and marks the beginning of a week of films, exhibitions, and conversations that confront war through witness and art.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34964205/?ref_=mv_close
https://warmfoundation.org/events/2000-meters-to-andriivka/
Tuesday, July 8 – 2:30 PM
My Dear Theo
Director: Alisa Kovalenko
Venue: Kino Meeting Point
Ukrainian filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko documents her frontline service in the Volunteer Army through video diaries to her son Theo in France, capturing soldiers’ experiences and personal moments during the 2022 Russian invasion. Special screening of My Dear Theo is followed by a discussion with the author and other soldier-artists. Part of a broader collection of testimonies of soldiers curated by Rémy Ourdan
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35891131/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_my%2520dear%2520theo%2520
Wednesday, July 9 – 8:30 PM
VIKTOR
Director: Olivier Sarbil
Venue: Kino Meeting Point
Viktor, a young deaf man in Kharkiv, watches warily during the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A fan of samurai films and raised on stories of war, he dreams of becoming a warrior but is repeatedly denied when he tries to enlist. Eager to find purpose, Viktor embarks on a quest to find his place in the midst of a war he cannot hear. The film premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and was featured in the prestigious Platform Prize programme.
https://www.oliviersarbil.com/viktor#contact-2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33034110/
Friday, July 11 — 2:00 PM
Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot
Director: Rithy Panh
Venue: Kino Meeting Point
Three French journalists travel to Cambodia in 1978 after receiving an invitation from the Khmer Rouge regime, embarking on a perilous adventure.
Screening of acclaimed Cambodian director Rithy Panh’s latest film, followed by a panel on genocide reporting and memorialization, moderated by Carol Isoux.
Friday, July 11 – 8:30 PM
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
Venue: Kino Meeting Point
World premiere of the film investigating attacks on medical facilities in Gaza. Followed by a discussion with the authors Karim Shah, Ramita Navai, and Ben de Pear, moderated by: Raul Gallego Abellan
ISRAEL’S WAR ON DOCTORS exposes Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinian healthcare workers and hospitals in Gaza – every single one of Gaza’s hospitals has now been attacked, over 1400 healthcare workers have been killed and hundreds of doctors have been imprisoned and tortured.
Over the course of one year, correspondent Ramita Navai and director Karim Shah investigated these attacks for Basement Films with its executive producer Ben dePear. The team worked with Palestinian cameramen Jaber Badwan and Osama Alashi to collect testimonies of medics in Gaza. They reveal how hundreds of doctors were held at black sites before being transferred to detention centers in Israel where they are physically and psychologically tortured. Israeli whistleblowers corroborate these accounts, which include the complicity of Israeli medics in the abuse of Palestinian prisoners.
This is the third film Basement Films has made about Gaza, after the BAFTA-winning Kill Zone and Israel’s Reel Extremism, both shown at WARM last year.
For more information on the full festival program, including exhibitions and panel discussions, visit the official WARM Festival 2025 page:
https://warmfoundation.org/events/warm-festival-2025/
