Babi Yar. Context -

Explores complicity, the "Holocaust by Bullets," and the subsequent Soviet attempts to erase the memory of the site.

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. Babi Yar. Context

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

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

The film includes footage from the trial of 15 Nazis and collaborators, which helped bring the details of the massacre to light.

Composed entirely of restored black-and-white and color footage from German and Soviet archives. The documentary situates the massacre within the broader

The documentary situates the massacre within the broader invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa).