NICK ALLARD

DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER

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Director, Videographer, and Editor

Dima

36 minutes

Dima, a local journalist, recalls his perilous 300km escape from the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukraine, and the horrors he endured along the way.

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Director, Videographer, and Editor

The Young Men of Old

8 minutes

A poem overlaid with visuals in memory of the lives lost during the opening hours of D-Day on June 6th, 1944.

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Editor

FPV Drone Report

12 minutes

A day with one of Ukraine's top drone units, the Achilles Strike Drone Battalion, documenting their missions near Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast.

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Director, Videographer, and Editor

Intelligent Jiu-Jitsu Academy

6 minutes

The story of a local jiu-jitsu academy in Kyiv, Ukraine, and the challenges they face in the midst of war.

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Editor & Videographer

Ukraine's First Responders

7 minutes

Rescuers of the Mobile Rescue Center of the State Emergency Service come to the sites of aerial attacks to sort through the most difficult rubble in search of living and dead people.

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Ukrainian Prison Battalion

14 minutes

A day with the 1st Separate Assault Battalion, learning about what motivates former prisoners to become soldiers and what challenges their command faces in making them effective fighters.

About

Nick is a documentary filmmaker who has spent years capturing the war in Ukraine, giving a voice to those in the midst of conflict. His most prominent work was directing the documentary "Dima" (2024), the story of a man who fled from Mariupol, Ukraine during the opening weeks of the invasion.

He currently works as a videographer for The Kyiv Independent and holds a B.A. in History from the University of California, Berkeley.

Nick Allard

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Based in

Kyiv, Ukraine