The new feature-length documentary The Wars We Play, the second collaboration between directors João Pedro Prado and Anton Yaremchuk, has won the Baltic Sea Docs Award at DOK.forum roundtable pitches, the industry platform of DOK.fest Munich. Produced by Vincent Edusei and Maritza Grass of Carousel Film, the project will now continue its development with a round of mentorship in Riga this summer.
The Wars We Play explores the shifting identities of FC Shakhtar Donetsk — once a symbol of the industrial Donbas, now a displaced team caught between national pride and international ambition. As Brazilian footballers come to play in war-torn Ukraine, each displaced Ukrainian teammate moves one step closer to the front. As the war threatens to divide the locker room, the game becomes a mirror of a struggling nation.