Dogs and War: What I saw in Ukraine

Dogs and War: What I saw in Ukraine

Dogs and War: What I saw in Ukraine

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Dogs and War: What I saw in Ukraine

"A Japanese filmaker's three-year journey in Ukraine, portraying the lives of animals and humans in war. "Through dogs' eyes, the truth of war/""

2025

1h 49m

10.0(1 votes)

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Overview

When Russia invaded in February 2022. Japanese director Akane Yamada travelled to the war zone to document an often-overlooked story - the fate of animals and the people who reuse to abandon them. Known for her work in disaster zones since Fukushima, Yamada witnessed animal welfare groups mobilising at the Polish border to help refugees and their pets, and followed Ukrainians who continued to adopt shelter animals amid the chaos. In Borodianka, near Kyiv, she uncovered the tragic deaths of shelter dogs left behind during occupation. Her three-year investigation led her deep into Ukraine's frontline regions, from flooded Kherson after the Kahkovka Dam's destruction to a children's hospital in Kyiv struck by a missile. Through the stories of people who refuse to abandon animals even amid the devastation of war, this documentary portrays the resilience and dignity of those who refuse to surrender to violence.

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8 members

Writing

Akane Yamada

Them self

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東出昌大

Narrator

東出昌大

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Viktor Kopach

Animal-id.net Representative

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Przemysław Malik

Centaurus Foundation Shelter Manager, Poland

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Olena Kolesnykova

Representatives of Animal Protection Group "Hvostata Banda", Ukraine

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Anastasiia Onikova

Representatives of Animal Protection Group "Hvostata Banda", Ukraine

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Ira Samoilenko

Member of Animal Protection Group "Hvostata Banda", Ukraine

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Representative of BREAKING THE CHAINS, UK

Tom Tommies

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