Movie: ‘Closing the Sky’, Direction: Volodymyr Pashchuck & Khrystyna Lutsyk
In February 2022, following the launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine faced an unprecedented threat from the air. Despite calls from Ukrainians to “close the sky,” the country was forced to develop its own solutions to protect civilian cities and critical infrastructure from enemy drone attacks.
Story that began as a call for help evolved into a new approach to air defense, one that has drawn international attention and sparked growing demand for practical solutions to counter modern aerial threats. Through the voices of military personnel, employees of the Come Back Alive Foundation as part of the Dronefall project, and civilians, viewers will follow the journey from the earliest experiments and the search for effective solutions to the creation of systems capable of countering new-generation air threats.
Yet as the world is piecing together its own security puzzle in the fight for Ukraine’s skies, one piece of that puzzle remains missing. Will it determine what the complete picture looks like tomorrow?
This event is organized in collaboration with the Come Back Alive Foundation, a civil society institution that has been operating in support of Ukraine’s Security and Defense Forces since the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014.