Darya Bassel

Sep 11, 2024 | platformraam.nl | Darya Bassel

Last week, the film ‘Russians at War’ premiered at the 81st Venice film festival in the category of ‘Out of Competition’. It portrays young Russian soldiers, often struggling to understand what they are fighting for. While being marketed by the filmmakers as an anti-war documentary, critics say that the film’s attempts to ‘humanize’ Russian soldiers whitewashes Russian war crimes. Ukrainian film producer Darya Bassel is one of them.

Sep 6, 2024 | euromaidanpress.com | Darya Bassel

Editor’s note. This year’s Venice Film Festival featured the screening of the film “Russians at War” by Russian-Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova.

Feb 21, 2024 | theguardian.com | Olha Zhurba |Darya Bassel |Lindsay Poulton |Jess Gormley

Feb 21, 2024 | theguardian.com | Darya Bassel |Jess Gormley |Olha Zhurba

The film offers a poignant glimpse into the life of Vitalii Velychurov, a key worker in the main bread factory of Mykolaiv, once a frontline city. Russian troops destroyed Mykolaiv's major infrastructure and most of the city's residents have left – including Vitalii's wife and children – but the factory has delivered bread to the besieged population every day since the full scale invasion broke out.