Babi Yar. Context File

Received a Special Jury Prize (L'Œil d'or) at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival . 📜 Historical Context (September 1941)

Composed entirely of restored black-and-white and color footage from German and Soviet archives. Babi Yar. Context

Avoids traditional voiceover, allowing the raw imagery of the Nazi invasion, the Soviet withdrawal, and the local population's reactions to speak for itself. Received a Special Jury Prize (L'Œil d'or) at

Following the German occupation of Kyiv, a series of explosions set off by Soviet NKVD agents destroyed German-occupied buildings. the Soviet withdrawal

For decades, the Soviet government suppressed the specifically Jewish nature of the victims, referring to them only as "peaceful Soviet citizens."

The German military command used these explosions as a pretext to "liquidate" the Jewish population of Kyiv.

Received a Special Jury Prize (L'Œil d'or) at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival . 📜 Historical Context (September 1941)

Composed entirely of restored black-and-white and color footage from German and Soviet archives.

Avoids traditional voiceover, allowing the raw imagery of the Nazi invasion, the Soviet withdrawal, and the local population's reactions to speak for itself.

Following the German occupation of Kyiv, a series of explosions set off by Soviet NKVD agents destroyed German-occupied buildings.

For decades, the Soviet government suppressed the specifically Jewish nature of the victims, referring to them only as "peaceful Soviet citizens."

The German military command used these explosions as a pretext to "liquidate" the Jewish population of Kyiv.