Magda Szpecht | She stands in the Middle of the Battlefield

In the organizer's words:

An impressive interrogation of war, ethics, responsibility and gender at the intersection of theater, journalism and investigative practice.

Why does an artist decide to become a soldier? Polish director Magda Szpecht accompanies a Ukrainian theater maker who returns from exile and goes to war as a soldier. Based on letters, voice messages, chats, videos and research material, she creates a multi-layered portrait of her everyday life at the front. Without heroization, Szpecht shows a concrete, personal experience of war - with its
Szpecht shows a concrete, personal experience of war - with its contradictions and ambivalences - and asks what it means not only to represent one's own values, but to defend them under extreme conditions.

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Why does an artist decide to become a soldier? Polish director Magda Szpecht follows a Ukrainian theater-maker as she becomes a soldier. Based on letters, voice messages, chats and videos, the work shows a concrete, often painful, personal experience between contradiction, conviction and exhaustion.