At first sight, Trenches' footage resembles war images from the first half of the 20th century: the black-and-white cinematography, the old-fashioned aspect ratio typical of the 1930's. But these images are misleading. This is about a contemporary reality for young Ukrainian soldiers not very far from here. With organic one-take sequences, Bureau perfectly captures the repetitive and banal, as well as the terrifying aspect of their daily lives. The soldiers dig and re-dig the corridors and shelters, wait, cut each other's hair, play with cats, chat, cook, sweep and play a fantasy war in a video game. Until life is interrupted by real shootings and grenade attacks. People are injured and sometimes die. It is only when they return home that the impact of these experiences on their lives sinks in.