TO DIE TO LIVE

2026 / 120' / documentary / Ukraine, Latvia, Slovak Republic

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In 2014, three Ukrainian volunteers went to the frontline. Back home, they struggle to rebuild their lives, but Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 forces them to return to war. Filmed over twelve years, TO DIE TO LIVE is an intimate portrait of a generation that chose to fight for freedom while searching for a way back to life.

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DIRECTOR - YULIIA HONTARUK

Biography

Yuliia Hontaruk is a Ukrainian film director, producer and co-founder of the documentary collective BABYLON'13. Since the Euromaidan Revolution, she has documented Ukraine through revolution, occupation and full-scale war. Her works include Ten Seconds, Fortress Mariupol and TO DIE TO LIVE, filmed over twelve years.

Selected filmography

• 2026: TO DIE TO LIVE

• 2022: Fortress Mariupol

• 2016: Ten Seconds

• 2014: The Euromaidan. Rough Cut

• 2014: Stronger Than Arms

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Director: Yuliia Hontaruk

Producers: Yuliia Hontaruk, Ivanna Khitsinska, Alexandra Bratyshchenko, Uldis Cekulis, Katarina Krnacova, Igor Savychenko

Screenwriter: Yuliia Hontaruk

Cinematography: Yuliia Hontaruk, Denys Strashnyi, Yurii Gruzinov

Composer: Anton Baibakov, Miroslav Tóth, Anton Dehtiarov

Lead actors: Sergii Kutrakov, Andrii Patorzhynskyi, Oleksii Oleksiuk

Production: BABYLON'13 Production

Rightsholder: BABYLON'13 Production, ivanna.khitsinska@gmail.com

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