Friday, October 21, in a bistro in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk wears a black T-shirt flanked by the inscription “UKRAINE” in the colors of his country.
The director of Le
Serment de Pamfir
, his first impressive feature film, is only passing through the French capital.
He is preparing to return to Ukraine.
Not to take up arms, like his compatriot Oleg Sentsov, 2018 Sakharov Prize winner, who joined the special forces on February 24 to shoot down Russian helicopters.
But to continue filming the resistance of his people to Putin's army.
A less than idyllic sight
“At the start of the war, my producers offered me to leave Ukraine,
explains Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, aged 39.
But I didn't want to leave my country.
My place was here.
I first volunteered to provide humanitarian aid but I realized that others were doing it much better than me.
So I grabbed a camera and started documenting…
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