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''Follow Me'' is a 2022 documentary film directed by
Lubomir Levitski Lubomir Vasyliovych Levitski (; September 17, 1980) is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and producer most noted for his production of the 2006 horror film . In 2023, he released the documentary ''Follow Me (documentary), Follow Me'', a re ...
about the shooting of Andrii Bohomaz.


Production

''Follow Me'' is the first documentary directed by
Lubomir Levitski Lubomir Vasyliovych Levitski (; September 17, 1980) is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and producer most noted for his production of the 2006 horror film . In 2023, he released the documentary ''Follow Me (documentary), Follow Me'', a re ...
. Levitski was inspired to make the film by journalist Vasyl Krutchak, who contacted him after seeing drone footage filmed by Ukraine's
93rd Mechanized Brigade The 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" () is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 1992. It has been described as "one of the most brutally effective" of Ukraine’s front-line brigades. By January 2023, Western an ...
. The documentary includes
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filmed interviews, aerial footage from drones, communicated by Starlink satellite, and reconstructions of events. The film was released in Ukrainian and English. The first trailers were released on October 21, 2022. The film was screened in Cyprus in February 2023.


Synopsis

''Follow Me'' is 30 minutes in length and documents the story of a married couple fleeing fighting in
Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
, via Izyum by car. They are on a journey to collect the husband's parents from Izyum when they accidentally drive too close to the front lines. A Ukrainian military drone observes the subsequent attack on the couple's vehicle from the
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. Ukrainian police then investigate the events.


See also

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20 Days in Mariupol ''20 Days in Mariupol'' () is a 2023 Ukrainian documentary film with footage from the first several weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine directed by Mstyslav Chernov. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, wher ...


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Follow Me (English)
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