The major prize-winners at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival have yet to be announced, but there is no question about which film is the most important. “Butterfly Vision” doesn’t just have the distinction ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But the film’s actual story — which problematizes any more obviously pertinent narrative of unblemished Ukrainian heroism — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I wanted to make something that wouldn’t be directly influenced by the war, but then I understood it would be anyway. When we ...

This film offers an unsparing view of how PoWs are treated when they return home – but it may not reflect the current mood Ukrainian film-maker Maksym Nakonechnyi finished war drama Butterfly Vision ...

When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, director Maksym Nakonechnyi – whose debut feature “Butterfly Vision” world premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard – was developing his next film – a comedy ...

Maksym Nakonechnyi's drama is a tough watch both for its unforgiving content and its potentially unpopular mode of Ukrainian self-critique. It’s possible that the very first casualty of war is not ...