Strong Structures

Homecoming

Year
2026
Country
Ukraine
Duration
19’
Director
Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk

A few years after fleeing Ukraine, following the Russian invasion, a boy returns home via a robotic dog, his mechanical avatar, which he controls from his room in Poland. Through this remote presence, he relives memories and reconnects with his past — a connection that now depends on a fragile video stream that could be cut off at any moment.

Within one screening of this movie, you also will be able to watch the films  Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and the Day After Tomorrow, Balance, Written Down as Father, Ember

CREW:
Director: Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk
Producer: Alina Gorlova, Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk
Cinematographer: Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk
Editor: Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk, Filip Sotnychenko
Sound: Oleh Holoveshkin, Andrii Borysenko
Production
TABOR Production
Sales:
Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema (CUC)
Director
Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk
Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk are Ukrainian filmmakers and visual artists working since 2016 at the intersection of documentary and fiction. Their films explore post-imperial memory and the experience of a new generation shaped by war and history. They won the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2020) and the VISIO Young Talent Prize (2021). Their short film Additional Scenes received main awards at Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2024 and the Ukrainian Film Critics Award. Their video works are part of collections at Fondazione In Between Art Film, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Kontakt, TBA21, Frac Bretagne, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, and Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, among others. Khimei and Malashchuk’s most recent installation was presented at the Canicula Exhibition of the 61st La Biennale di Venezia 2026.
Selected Filmography
Homecoming (2026), Additional Scenes (2024), Docufiction Explosions Near the Museum (2023), New Jerusalem (2020)
Hall «GEGEMON»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A
Original language with Ukrainian and English subtitles
By tickets
Audio descriptionInclusive spaceAdapted subtitles
Saturday
06 June 2026
12:40
Kino42
Kostiantynivska str., 11/13
Q&A
Original language with Ukrainian and English subtitles
By tickets
Audio descriptionInclusive spaceAdapted subtitles
Saturday
06 June 2026
20:00
Hall «KINOMAN»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A
Original language with Ukrainian and English subtitles
By tickets
Audio descriptionAdapted subtitles
Sunday
07 June 2026
14:40
23 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 5 — 12 
June 2026
Balance
Strong Structures
Balance
Year
2024
Country
Canada
Director
Luiza Cocora
Duration
20’
Strong Structures
Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and the Day After Tomorrow
Strong Structures
Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and the Day After Tomorrow
Year
2025
Country
Czechia, Ukraine
Director
Anastasiia Bonadyha
Duration
20’
Strong Structures
Ember
Strong Structures
Ember
Year
2026
Country
Luxembourg, Ukraine
Director
Vladyslav Kalenskyi
Duration
12’
Strong Structures
Written Down As Father
Strong Structures
Written Down As Father
Year
2024
Country
Ukraine
Director
Dariia Kovalchuk
Duration
22’
Strong Structures
One Day I Wish to See You Happy
Strong Structures
One Day I Wish to See You Happy
Year
2025
Country
Ukraine, France
Director
Maryna Nikolcheva
Duration
81’
Strong Structures
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