Captains of Ukraine
Special Screening
| 30 MINUTESAs the new football season approaches amidst the shadow of a nuclear threat, a professional Ukrainian soccer team faces a controversial choice: trading their shin guards for machine guns. With the war escalating, the team practices for a season that may never come and waits anxiously for a battle that almost certainly will. Captains of Ukraine explores the difficult nether world inhabited by athletes who must become soldiers.
Cast & Credits
Director
Matt Danzico
Producer
Oleksiy Oliyar
Cinematographer
Oleg Sologub
Editor
Dani Benavides, Matt Danzico
Executive Producer
John Skipper, Gary Hoenig, Stanley Nelson, Smriti Keshari
Production Assistant
Lucía Román Canivell
Cast
Vasyl Tsiucsyura, Rostyslav Voloshinovych, Mykhailo Pysko, Andriy Tymkiv, Oleksiy Horodov, Vasyl Mykytsei