Director: Lyubomyr Levytsky
"Killhouse" turns a kidnapping into a race against a live broadcast, dropping viewers into occupied territory where a failed exchange forces two operators and a journalist into the same collapsing timeline.
What is Killhouse about?
A couple's daughter is taken into occupied territory, and the deal meant to bring her home falls apart before it can even begin. That failure pulls in commander SOVA and engineer SID, who launch an improvised rescue operation under conditions neither fully controls -- hostile ground, a fractured plan, and a clock that keeps shrinking. Complicating matters further, a journalist embedded with the mission is streaming the operation to a worldwide audience in real time, turning a covert rescue into something the whole world can watch unfold. As the extraction spirals away from its original shape, that journalist is pushed toward a choice between pulling out to survive and staying long enough to get the truth on record. The film moves between the parents' desperation, the operators' tactical improvisation, and the journalist's dilemma, using the livestream framing to keep every setback visible rather than hidden off-screen.
Cast & crew
Sergey Strelnikov and Denis Kapustin lead the operation as SOVA and SID, with Oleksandra Soroka rounding out the small, tightly focused cast at the center of the rescue.
Context & significance
Director Lyubomyr Levytsky sets the film in occupied territory and leans on the livestream device to blur the line between tactical thriller and on-the-ground reportage, keeping the stakes immediate rather than abstract.
Where & how to watch
"Killhouse" streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, part of a catalog built specifically for a Farsi-speaking audience. Reading this page requires nothing; watching the film means logging into a K-Time account.