The Longer You Bleed
For displaced Ukrainians, experiencing war through Instagram turns dark humor and compassion fatigue into survival tools. This personal documentary follows the director’s partner and her friends over a year, who, though far from the frontline, remain entangled in the emotional fallout, navigating a reality oversaturated with traumatic war imagery. The film traces compassion fatigue and offers a sobering meditation on the emotional cost of living in such a world.
Ewan Waddell is a Berlin-based director whose debut feature, The Longer You Bleed, premiered at Hot Docs 2025. His style blends mixed media and experimental approaches to examine the modernity crisis. Waddell now develops his second film, exploring the therapeutic use of psychedelics in war-torn Ukraine.