Films

Catch me in the Wood
#teenager #parents #nature #internet #community #coming of age
Work in Progress
Catch me in the Wood (Спіймай мене посеред лісу)
Nazariy, a 19-year-old Hutsul blogger, lives high in the mountains and films mushrooms, animals, and nature. But when a full-scale war breaks out, everything changes. Meanwhile, his father believes that money can only be earned through physical labor, but Nazariy and his ideas have other plans.
#teenager #parents #nature #internet #community #coming of age
Work in Progress
Fragments of Ice
#sports #identity #history #family #current_affairs #creative #coming of age #archives #anthropology
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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
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How I Spent My Summer Holidays?
#education #coming of age #childhood
Сompleted
How I Spent My Summer Holidays? (Як пройшли мої літні канікули?)
Each of us has written this essay at some point. It happens every September 1st, yet it still catches you off guard.
#education #coming of age #childhood
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The Bear
#war #education #culture #theatre #coming of age #teenager
Work in Progress
The Bear (Ведмідь)
A group of acting students is forced to relocate to Western Ukraine at the start of the war. They dream of becoming actors, but their graduation performance is based on a play by Chekhov. Some refuse to perform, risking their graduation. Why, out of thousands of plays, did they choose a Russian one?
#war #education #culture #theatre #coming of age #teenager
Work in Progress
The Ferryman
#adventures #war #teenager #sports #drama #current_affairs #coming of age
Work in Progress
The Ferryman (Поромник)
17-year-old Danylo works as a ferryman in the shadow of a destroyed bridge 50 km from Kharkiv to earn money and continue his studies at a sports academy. Still, his dreams of becoming a professional kayaker collide with the reality of wartime.
#adventures #war #teenager #sports #drama #current_affairs #coming of age
Work in Progress
Up in the Air
#war #family #coming of age #sports #drama
Work in Progress
Up in the Air (В повітрі)
A 9-year-old Ukrainian circus acrobat, Sasha, is developing his skills and performance up in the air. In 2022 Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine challenges the path to his dreams. The war took his home but not his inner strength or family.
#war #family #coming of age #sports #drama
Work in Progress