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.
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) 
