Boy of War

synopsis

Artiom is 18 years old and has just one wish: to go to war and fight for his homeland, Ukraine. Everything else comes second. He dresses in camouflage, watches war videos online, and in his free time practices battle scenes with his friends. Or at least they think they are battle scenes. As a child, he only sees the surface of the war. And he has the bad luck that the fighting rages so tantalizingly close. This observational documentary is a fascinating study of the cult of war in a post-Soviet setting where those who succumb to the allure of battle are the least suitable and least predisposed to fighting – a fact perfectly illustrated by Artiom’s final struggle with the reality of war.

"War is not about weapons, tanks or bombs. War is in the mind of the soldiers, the leaders and the crowd. It excites theirs souls, captivate their lives, strikes their imagination…before destroying them. War is a state of mind." C. Clément-Delmas

biography

French photographer and filmmaker Cyprien Clément-Delmas (1986) has directed several short films and music videos. He is also involved in various social projects focused on working with young people and marginalized groups.
Igor Kosenko (1983) is a Ukrainian cinematographer and director who attended film school with Clément-Delmas in Spain. The two previously worked together on the short film The Last Tape (2017), which was a kind of prologue to Boy of War.

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