Courage, love and loss. Young people risk their lives with self-funded missions to rescue families in Ukraine’s frontline towns. Told through their own words and unique first-person footage.
Direction
Wivell disappears — the jumpers tell their own story.
Cinematography
First-person footage that no studio could fake.
Director
Paddy Wivell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'hell jumper' name comes from military slang for high-risk extraction crews — these volunteers appropriated it ironically, with no formal training.
Released amidst war fatigue in Western media, the film deliberately mirrors Ukrainian volunteer battalions' own social media strategy: bypass traditional outlets, go direct.
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