Three Ukrainian films among longlist contenders for Oscars 2025

The Ukrainian State Film Agency press service reports.

Thus, the list includes the following Ukrainian films:

• La Palisade (directed by Philip Sotnychenko). The film is presented in the International Feature Film category - Ukraine, 1996. 5 months before the moratorium on the death penalty, two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigate the murder of their colleague.
• The Porcelain War (directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontiev) is the story of three Ukrainian artists of porcelain animal art who work amid war.
• Intercepted (directed by Oksana Karpovych) is a documentary based on radio intercepts of conversations between Russian soldiers and families, illustrating their everyday attitude to cruelty.

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• At a meeting on September 9, the Ukrainian Oscar Committee chose La Palisade as a contender for the Oscar in the Best International Feature Film category.