Ilona Schneider, film producer: “‎When electric power is lost, there is no Wi-Fi and almost no mobile service, and some lose heating and water too. But even in these conditions, people continue to fulfill their duties. It’s another manifestation of invincibility and struggle against the darkness of military aggression. The Christmas lights will shine despite the attacks — some lights never go out. Putin did not manage to steal Ukrainian Christmas, no matter what he wanted. Until filming, I had no idea how brave the workers of our energy system were. Each story was an example of courage and humanity. It's exciting.”

Film crew got exclusive access to a number of critical infrastructure objects and visited places hit by Russian missiles. The film shows to its viewers from inside how the energy system works. It would not be possible without the help of NPC “Ukrenergo” and the DTEK group.

Tala Prystaetska, film script writer and creative producer: “Last year everything was changing so quickly that we barely remember the events of, for example, October. (I recall that I was preparing for a nuclear war.) ‘Blackout. Christmas’ captures the period when all of us who remained in Ukraine were ready to live without electricity. The film told about people who prevent this apocalypse, even though missile strikes did everything for this. The Russian attacks caused enormous damages, so huge that I had no idea what kind of destruction was behind the routine words 'damaged network’. Only during the filming did I understand how titanic work was done by our energy workers to maintain the network in working condition. We will show you those who made the Christmas miracle of light in Ukrainian homes happen.”