Natalya Vorozhbit had four days left in the production of her sophomore film “Demons” when the bombs arrived.The playwright-turned-filmmaker, whose debut “Bad Roads” was the Ukrainian Oscar submission last fall, was shooting “Demons” in the city of Myrhorod on Wednesday when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
As airstrikes, tanks, and troops arrived across the country, the Myrhorod Air Base was among the targets.
By then, Vorozhbit’s cast and crew retreated.
On Thursday, Vorozhbit found herself in a makeshift bomb shelter with relatives on the outskirts of Kyiv, uncertain about the future of her project but committed to finishing it.“A lot of people are leaving, but it’s my choice to stay,” she said in an interview through a translator over Zoom.
“It’s very important for me to be here.
I’m inspired and stimulated by being in Ukraine.
I will only leave if Russia
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