The Ghosts of Ukraine
PREMIERE

Thursday 9 October – 2.15pm

The Ghosts of Ukraine
Premiere

A documentary by Anne Poiret, produced by SQUAWK & AFTER WAR, FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS

The missing are a blind spot in the war in Ukraine, a pain that has gone unnoticed by the media. These civilians captured by Russia in the occupied territories and soldiers swallowed up in the hell of combat haunt Ukrainian society behind the front lines, while tens of thousands of women search for a partner, a son or a sister.
For two years, this documentary followed the struggle of three of these women. Ludmilla and Ludeshka’s husbands disappeared on the front lines in 2023, while Tetyana’s husband, a simple farmer from the Kherson region, was kidnapped during the first months of the occupation. Where are they? Torn between the hope of finding them and the anguish of impossible mourning, they besiege government offices, morgues and NGOs, scrolling the internet in search of information, and wait anxiously for each new prisoner exchange that could bring their men back.
With their numbers exploding – 73,000 in the spring of 2025 – Ukraine has decided not to wait for the end of the war to locate them, bring back its prisoners, and exchange the dead with the enemy. But for all these women, how can they continue to live among all these ghosts?

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Anne Poiret, director.

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Halle Ô Grains
66, rue Saint Jean
Free Admission
Duration : 52 min