Step Into the Comfort Zone (Вхід до Зони Комфорту )

Production Status
In Development
Year of starting production
2024
Release Date
2025
Country(ies) of (co)production
Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian, Russian
Duration
80’
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The film is about LGBT Ukrainians who were born and raised during the USSR and remained outlaws for many years. Only now, despite the war, they have decided to pursue their dreams and embrace their true identities.

Larysa is a mother of four who fled from the east of Ukraine under fire. On social media she met a woman from Kazakhstan, Bako, who is now going to Ukraine to build a new life with Larysa. Petro and Volodymyr have been in an open relationship for 37 years. With the beginning of the war, they dream of an official marriage in Europe. Albina is a trans woman. Her colleagues from the metallurgical plant don’t accept her. Her mother died during the war. Albina’s dream is to complete her transition.

CREW:
Directing: Yuriy Dvizhon
Production: Olesya Lukyanenko
Script: Oleksiy Chashchyn, Anastasiia Alieksieieva
DOP: Ivan Fomichenko
Production:
Funding:
Total budget: €225000
Confirmed Financing: €10000
Point of contact:
Festivals
Berlinale Talents Sarajevo (2023), Industry program of the Doc Kyiv Fest (2024)

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