The Ukrainian documentary Militantropos has been chosen for the "Administrators' Fortnight" program on the 2025 Cannes Movie Pageant, competition organizers introduced on April 15.
Created as a co-production between Ukraine, Austria, and France, the movie is a part of a deliberate triptych alongside Palingenesion and Cosmomorphosis, every exploring how Russia’s warfare in Ukraine has remodeled individuals, environments, and world views.
Militantropos may have its world premiere on the competition, and it’s at present the one full-length Ukrainian movie represented in Cannes this 12 months.
The challenge, which started growth in 2022, has acquired worldwide assist, together with a 25,000 euro ($28,000) grant from the IDFA documentary movie competition.
The title Militantropos, coined by the movie's administrators, is a neologism fashioned from Latin and Greek roots—milit that means "warrior" and anthropos that means "human"—and refers to an individual reshaped by warfare, whose survival depends on fixed adaptation. The movie was directed collaboratively by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova & Simon Mozgovyi.
In 2022, the Cannes jury granted their “Particular Award” to Mariupolis 2, directed by Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius, who was captured and killed by Russian forces on April 3 whereas documenting atrocities in Mariupol.
The Kyiv IndependentSonya Bandouil