Oksana Karpovych looking to the side and wearing a black pantsuit.
Oksana Karpovych
Photo courtesy Oksana Karpovych
Director

Oksana Karpovych (she/her) is a documentary filmmaker whose work investigates how war, state power, and private life intersect in moments of extreme political rupture. Her latest film, Intercepted, is constructed from recorded phone calls of Russian soldiers and stark images of Ukraine during the full-scale invasion. The film premiered at the Berlinale, where it won the Ecumenical Jury Prize, and went on to win international acclaim, including Best Direction at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival and a nomination for the 2024 Gotham Awards.

Program cohorts
Critical Issues Fund 2022
films by Oksana Karpovych
Production still of Intercepted. A ransacked classroom in a school near Mikholaiv is shown. Blue and yellow cloths are hanging from the ceiling, a light fixture is hanging from the ceiling by a thread. The classroom door is wide open and wind is blowing from the destroyed windows
Intercepted
Production still from Intercepted, Photo: Christopher Nunn
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Geeta Gandbhir has medium-length dark wavy hair, wears a scarf, and smiles at the camera.
Geeta Gandbhir
Photo courtesy Geeta Gandbhir
Kasia Kuczyńska looking directly at camera and is smiling. She has long, dark hair and is wearing a crew neck shirt. Black and white portrait.
Katarzyna Kuczynska
Photo courtesy Kasia Kuczyńska