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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Step Into the Comfort Zone (Вхід до Зони Комфорту )
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.
A journey through the lives of three women from Ukraine, Bosnia and Germany revealing how they manage to overcome the trauma of rape at war while also searching for justice as they regain their strength and dignity.
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