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Under the Nuclear Shadow

In the northern part of Kharkiv city, 22 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border, lies the verdant campus of Piatyhatky. Since 2022, this region housing nuclear facilities has been subjected to consistent Russian bombardment.
Amidst this ongoing threat of nuclear catastrophe, how do the residents endure? How do they perceive their future?
What prospects do scientists have in such an environment? How does warfare impact the natural world? What activities do children engage in? And what source of strength allows individuals to persevere?

  • Nataliya Zubar
    Director
  • Viktor Garbar
    Producer
  • Oleksii Svid
    Assistant director
  • Serhii Petrov
    Documentalist
  • Emmanuila Shkurka
    Subtitles are translation
  • Kateryna Feleniuk
    Mentor
  • Oleksandra Dylkova
    Colourist
  • Yuliia Hush
    Videographer
  • Kateryna Svіd
    Videographer
  • Yevhen Tytarenko
    Videographer
  • Viktor Pushkar
    Music and sound
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Під тінню атома
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    26 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 22, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Language:
    Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Nataliya Zubar

Nataliya Zubar is an IT professional and civic leader from Kharkiv, Ukraine. She was literally born into cinematography, her father had founded in 1958 a still active amateur movie studio in the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute”, where she volunteered as a student and wrote scripts for animation films.
Starting 2011 she produces and edits short documentaries, and since 2022 she leads a team of independent digital documentalists of Russian war crimes in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.
She was a jury member of «Docudays UA» in 2014.

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Director Statement

We will survive the darkest hour of Ukraine.