# Don't Ask Me If I Killed (2026)

**Genres:** Documentary

**Duration:** 104 min

**Age rating:** FSK 18

**IMDb:** [7.4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt42615623/)

**Letterboxd:** [link](https://letterboxd.com/film/dont-ask-me-if-i-killed/) (n/a)

## Description

Helena Maksyom's personal record of the war in Ukraine, filmed over more than a thousand days. When the invasion began, she was a filmmaker with no experience of combat. She volunteered, learned to treat the wounded, learned to fight, and, over time, became an officer leading others through the same fire that first consumed her.

## Details

**Premiere:** 17 Oct 2026 (in 11 days)

**Director:** Helena Maksyom

**Countries:** Germany, Ukraine, Romania, Netherlands

**Languages:** Ukrainian, English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-17 (Saturday)

- **[Filmkunst 66](https://ov-berlin.info/cinemas/133-filmkunst-66.md) (Charlottenburg):** [2026-10-17 18:00](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/berlin/filmkunst-66-berlin/vorstellung/41531000023CSQDKDC)  (OmU)

## Events

- [7th Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin (2026)](/events/383-7th-ukrainian-film-festival-berlin-2026)