Three years of war have scarred every citizen of Ukraine. When a Danish urbanist arrives with a plan to build a Nordic therapy garden, his efforts expose how unprepared the nation is to address a looming mental health crisis.
Ashes Settling In Layers On The Surface (Прах, що осідає шаром на поверхні)
Extracted from under the rubble of war, diaries tell the tragic stories of three generations of Ukrainian families in Mariupol, including the director’s.
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.
Vasyl is a former ski jumper who now works as a coach at a ski jumping school for children in the Carpathians. He is a tough, hardened man at the end of his career.
When world around plunges into darkness, Anna decides to save most vulnerable ones—animals. Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anna has been rescuing injured and abandoned animals, with her motto: Whoever saves one life, saves the whole world!
Sound and image stare each other in the face as Intercepted contrasts quiet compositions of everyday life of Ukrainians since the full-scale invasion with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families.
As shelling intensifies, Ukrainians actively rebuild their country, spanning efforts from grassroots volunteer initiatives to international policymaking. Revealing challenges and paradoxes of the reconstruction process in times of destruction.
After being wounded at the front and recovering in hospitals, a Ukrainian war veteran returns to his family. He tries to make up for three years of absence from home and tries to return to teaching physical education at school. But rehabilitation requires more than he expected.
Set by a beautiful river canyon in Western Ukraine, a pacifist community with unique religious beliefs, sees their peaceful way of life gradually distressed by regular floods and eventually an unexpected war.
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