{"id":9041,"date":"2026-09-06T21:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepatoguskinas.lt\/2026\/?post_type=filmas&#038;p=9041"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:48:11","slug":"a-simple-soldier","status":"publish","type":"filmas","link":"https:\/\/nepatoguskinas.lt\/2026\/en\/movie\/a-simple-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"A Simple Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A gun for the independence of Ukraine, a camera as a way to remain human. A cinematographer becomes a soldier and tells his story straight from the frontlines. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine begins, cinematographer Artem Ryzhykov volunteers to join the Ukrainian army. Equipped with a machine gun and a camera, the filmmaker documents his life as a soldier. But soon it becomes obvious that imagination and reality are drifting apart. While at first exploding bombs shock him so much that he falls to the ground, euphoria and sensitivity gradually get lost on the battlefield. Ryzhykov slowly loses his observer\u2019s perspective, the camera degenerates into a \u2018toy\u2019 and is replaced by the weapon. He can see himself losing his humanity. And even then, he consciously chooses to pick up the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore this film is an act of struggle to save the identity of the Ukrainian people. Saving their humour, warmth, love, and camaraderie.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto International Film Festival 2025<br \/>\nSheffield DocFest 2025<br \/>\nOdesa International Film Festival 2025 \u2014 Best Ukrainian Feature Documentary, FIPRESCI International Film Critics Award<br \/>\nDOK Leipzig 2025 \u2014 Leipziger Ring Film Award<br \/>\nUkrainian Film Academy 2026 \u2014 Discovery of the Year Award<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","programa":[103],"zyma":[],"tema":[117],"class_list":["post-9041","filmas","type-filmas","status-publish","hentry","programa-blue-yellow","tema-european-cinema"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepatoguskinas.lt\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/filmas\/9041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepatoguskinas.lt\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/filmas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepatoguskinas.lt\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/filmas"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepatoguskinas.lt\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"programa","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepatoguskinas.lt\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programa?post=9041"},{"taxonomy":"zyma","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepatoguskinas.lt\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zyma?post=9041"},{"taxonomy":"tema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepatoguskinas.lt\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tema?post=9041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}