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Listening to the World
#war #social_issues #refugees #human_rights #disability
Work in Progress
Listening to the World (Прислухаючись до світу)
In order to be heard by the world, Iva has to learn how to hear again.

#war #social_issues #refugees #human_rights #disability
Work in Progress
100 000 nights
#war #social_issues #refugees #human_rights #everyday_life #drama #current_affairs #anthropology
Work in Progress
100 000 nights (100 000 ночей)
Film documents the new reality of our time through capturing the everyday life routine of Ukrainian refugees residing in the transit shelter on the outskirts of Budapest.
#war #social_issues #refugees #human_rights #everyday_life #drama #current_affairs #anthropology
Work in Progress
20 Days in Mariupol
#war #social_issues #human_rights #history #current_affairs #archives
Сompleted
20 Days in Mariupol (20 днів у Маріуполі)
An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the atrocities of the Russian invasion. As the only international reporters who have remained in the city, they capture what later become defining images of the war: dying children, mass graves, the bombing of a maternity hospital, and more.
#war #social_issues #human_rights #history #current_affairs #archives
Сompleted
89 Days
#war #observation #human_interest #history #everyday_life #anthropology
Сompleted
89 Days (89 днів)
Since the first days of the war, the subway has become a bomb shelter for many Kharkiv residents.
#war #observation #human_interest #history #everyday_life #anthropology
Сompleted
A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov Planet
#history #experimental #creative #cinema #art
Work in Progress
A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov Planet (Сентиментальна подорож до планети Параджанова)
Documentary homage to Sergei Parajanov, a brilliant filmmaker and artist, on his 100 anniversary. Embark on a mesmerizing journey into the world of Parajanov, and witness the blend of unique archive material with surrealistic puppetry scenes, blurring the lines between imagination and reality.
#history #experimental #creative #cinema #art
Work in Progress
Antarctica: War Diaries
#sports #adventures #social_issues #war #science #road movie #human_interest
Work in Progress
Antarctica: War Diaries (Антарктида: Щоденники війни)
After the beginning of Russian full-scale invasion, 14 researchers embarks on a year-long expedition to an Antarctic research station. Their journey presents them with challenges of extreme weather conditions, the psychological toll of isolation and hard feeling caused by the war.
#sports #adventures #social_issues #war #science #road movie #human_interest
Work in Progress
Are you here?
#war #social_issues #refugees #human_rights #family #current_affairs
Сompleted
Are you here? (Ти тут?)
Ukrainian girl Oryna was forced to leave her homeland due to the war and tries to start new life abroad. 
#war #social_issues #refugees #human_rights #family #current_affairs
Сompleted
Ashes Settling in Layers on the Surface
#war #identity #human_interest #history #family #creative #archives
Work in Progress
Ashes Settling in Layers on the Surface (Прах, що осідає шаром на поверхні)
Based on diaries and photographs of the director’s grandfather and mother, the film reconstructs the life of one family within the never-ending cycle of destruction and restoration in her hometown — Mariupol. Today, the director is left with nothing except her memories. And she is not the only one: while we are watching the film, somewhere there is a war.
#war #identity #human_interest #history #family #creative #archives
Work in Progress
Axe
#social_issues #observation #nature #ecology #creative
Сompleted
Axe (Бартка)
Set against the imminent climate crisis and destructive floods, it explores the delicate balance between deforestation and the conservation of vital ecosystems, sparking a global dialogue on environmental protection.
#social_issues #observation #nature #ecology #creative
Сompleted
Bonjour – Bonsoir
#war #road movie #refugees #everyday_life #observation #drama #anthropology
Сompleted
Bonjour – Bonsoir
A film about time that has stopped, and life that goes on.
#war #road movie #refugees #everyday_life #observation #drama #anthropology
Сompleted
Bouquinistes
#war #social_issues #community #culture #anthropology
Сompleted
Bouquinistes (Книголови)
For many years, bouqunistes in Kyiv save books from rain and cold. Each of them has their own story – someone lost a teacher’s job in the harsh 1990s and someone came to work here after retiring. When the Russian invasion begins, they are left with questions about Russian heritage, imperial myths, and their past.
#war #social_issues #community #culture #anthropology
Сompleted
Chornobyl 22
#war #observation #investigation #human_rights #history #ecology #current_affairs #archives #anthropology
Сompleted
Chornobyl 22 (Чорнобиль 22)
An anonymous informant of the Ukrainian Armed Forces secretly films the movements of Russian troops in the occupied Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
#war #observation #investigation #human_rights #history #ecology #current_affairs #archives #anthropology
Сompleted
Clouds Move with Great Speed
#war #human_rights #family #drama #current_affairs
Work in Progress
Clouds Move with Great Speed (Летять хмари з великою швидкістю)
The story is about a man who lost five family members as a result of Russian airstrikes on a residential building in the Kyiv region. Two years have passed, and the remains of Vadim's relatives have yet to be identified. So he doesn't have anyone to bury.

#war #human_rights #family #drama #current_affairs
Work in Progress
Cuba&Alaska
#women #war #fashion #drama #current_affairs #creative
Work in Progress
Cuba&Alaska
Leaving their civilian lives behind, two female paramedics Cuba and Alaska go to war and after that deali with that experience.
#women #war #fashion #drama #current_affairs #creative
Work in Progress
Displaced
#war #human_interest #anthropology
Work in Progress
Displaced (робоча назва / working title)
The observational film consists of stories about the phenomena of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
#war #human_interest #anthropology
Work in Progress
Divia
#war #social_issues #human_rights #history #ecology #current_affairs
Work in Progress
Divia (Дівія)
Ravaged body of Ukrainian nature is the main character behind this visually and sound driven observational documentary. Silently laying bare the catastrophic impacts of war, nature resists and gradually heals itself.
#war #social_issues #human_rights #history #ecology #current_affairs
Work in Progress
Film Processing Factory
#observation #experimental #current_affairs #community #cinema #art #archives #activism #culture
In Development
Film Processing Factory (Цех Обробки Плівки)
Portrait of the Film Processing Center and of the people who were left in it. A casual time capsule that embodies the history of the Ukrainian film school. Is there hope for deconservation and preservation of memory?
#observation #experimental #current_affairs #community #cinema #art #archives #activism #culture
In Development
Fragments of Ice
#sports #identity #history #family #current_affairs #creative #coming of age #archives #anthropology
Сompleted
Fragments of Ice (Фрагменти льоду)
A gentle hypnotic journey through the VHS archives of the (post-)Soviet figure skater who toured the West in the 80s and 90s. Years later, his daughter follows these videotaped memories to reveal a story about maturing: of herself, her family, and her society.
#sports #identity #history #family #current_affairs #creative #coming of age #archives #anthropology
Сompleted
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
#war #observation #history #everyday_life #current_affairs #cinema #anthropology #culture
Сompleted
Friday, Saturday, Sunday (П'ятниця, субота, неділя)
The three-day journey in the film is full of the fragile humour of the festival team and the eager eyes of the audience.
#war #observation #history #everyday_life #current_affairs #cinema #anthropology #culture
Сompleted
From Radvanka
#social_issues #human_rights #human_interest #anthropology
In Development
From Radvanka (З Радванки)
Zhanna films her everyday life in Radvanka, a Roma settlement. The conditions in which she has to live are becoming increasingly difficult, and the construction of her own house has taken years.

#social_issues #human_rights #human_interest #anthropology
In Development
Guests from Kharkiv
#refugees #war #observation #nature #human_interest #history #everyday_life #creative #anthropology
Сompleted
Guests from Kharkiv (Гості з Харкова)
Nelia and Oleksandr offer refuge to fleeing Kharkiv families, providing shelter and land in their village. But when the newcomers struggle to adapt to rural life, their shared harvest falters. Can they unite to save the garden and their bonds amidst adversity?
#refugees #war #observation #nature #human_interest #history #everyday_life #creative #anthropology
Сompleted
Hello, I'm on the hill
#war #urban #social_issues #observation #everyday_life #anthropology
Сompleted
Hello, I'm on the hill (Алло, я на горі)

In the destroyed city of Izyum, Kharkiv region, Mount Kremyanets becomes an “island of communication” where people find mobile connection with their families after months of Russian occupation.

#war #urban #social_issues #observation #everyday_life #anthropology
Сompleted
How I celebrated the day of the russian language in Kherson
#social_issues #war #experimental #ecology
Сompleted
How I celebrated the day of the russian language in Kherson (Як я святкувала день російської мови в Херсоні)
A portrait of Kherson during the flooding after russian invaders blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric station through a personal story of being there.
#social_issues #war #experimental #ecology
Сompleted
Intercepted
#war #observation #human_rights #history #everyday_life #current_affairs #anthropology
Сompleted
Intercepted (Мирні люди)

A personal journey to reveal the banality of evil behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A creative juxtaposition between the realities of Ukrainians resisting the violence of war, and the Russians perpetrating it.

#war #observation #human_rights #history #everyday_life #current_affairs #anthropology
Сompleted
Iron Butterflies
#war #investigation #human_rights #history #disaster #current_affairs #creative #archives
Сompleted
Iron Butterflies (Залізні метелики)
In summer 2014, the sunflower fields and coal mines of eastern Ukraine turned into a crime scene measuring 12 square kilometres.
#war #investigation #human_rights #history #disaster #current_affairs #creative #archives
Сompleted
Ivan and Marta
#love #memories #relationship #history #art #culture
Сompleted
Ivan and Marta (Іван і Марта)
This is a love story of two Ukrainian aged persons which was filming during 3 years…
#love #memories #relationship #history #art #culture
Сompleted
King Lear: how we looked for love during the war
#war #theatre #social_issues #refugees #human_interest #drama #art #culture
Сompleted
King Lear: how we looked for love during the war (Король лір: як ми шукали любов під час війни)
Due to the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainians, fleeing the war, found refuge in a small town in western Ukraine. A local director decides to involve non-professional actors – displaced people - in bringing his dream into life - to stage the King Lear play.

#war #theatre #social_issues #refugees #human_interest #drama #art #culture
Сompleted
lightland
#war #drama
In Development
lightland (Земля світла)
There was a town called city of light. After 30 years of existence, the war and 8 years in the gray zone extinguished the last hope: the main enterprise, the Vuhlehirsk TPP, was scheduled to be closed.
#war #drama
In Development
Nice Ladies
#war #sports #social_issues #observation #identity #human_interest #gender #everyday_life #anthropology
Сompleted
Nice Ladies (Найс Лейдіз)
A team of ageing Ukrainian cheerleaders hold on to their friendship as each navigates the trauma of war in her own way.
#war #sports #social_issues #observation #identity #human_interest #gender #everyday_life #anthropology
Сompleted
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