Films

Bouquinistes

#war #social_issues #community #anthropology #culture

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 #anthropology #culture

Сompleted

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

Invisible Front: Kherson

#war #investigation #current_affairs #community

Work in Progress

Invisible Front: Kherson (Невидимий фронт: Херсон)

Invisible Front: Kherson is a documentary film about life under Russian occupation, peaceful resistance, trauma, memory, and dignity.

#war #investigation #current_affairs #community

Work in Progress

Militantropos

#war #observation #experimental #current_affairs #community

Сompleted

Militantropos (Мілітантропос)

Militantropos (lat. «milit» — soldier; gr. «ἄνθρωπος» — human) — persona, obtained by humans when entering the state of war. Militantropos chooses to accept the war as one and only option and undergoes transformations in order to continue to exist.

#war #observation #experimental #current_affairs #community

Сompleted

Palingenesion

#war #trauma #observation #media #death #community

Work in Progress

Palingenesion

Palingenesion explores the perception of death in the Russian-Ukrainian war versus the fight for life. Through personal stories, it reflects on shared grief, collective trauma, and resilience. Amid loss, Ukrainians navigate pain together, witnessing the rebirth of a deep thirst for life.

#war #trauma #observation #media #death #community

Work in Progress

Recovery

#urban #social_issues #war #politics #current_affairs #community #activism

In Development

Recovery (Відбудова)

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.

#urban #social_issues #war #politics #current_affairs #community #activism

In Development

Silent Flood

#globalization #war #activism #social_issues #community #human_rights

Work in Progress

Silent Flood (Тиха Повінь)

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.

#globalization #war #activism #social_issues #community #human_rights

Work in Progress