Films

Black Earth
#family #social_issues #current_affairs #identity #war
Work in Progress
Black Earth (Чернозем)
Three Ukrainians face the war from radically different paths: Vitaly, 19yo, becomes adrone pilot in a volunteer unit in the East, as Fyodor, born into a Russian family, fleeswestward, torn by exile and identity, and Anya struggles to raise her young son alone after her husband’s execution.
#family #social_issues #current_affairs #identity #war
Work in Progress
Listening to the world
#health #drama #family #human_rights #refugees #disability
Work in Progress
Listening to the world (Прислухаючись до світу )
Iva can't hear the world because of her disability. She and her son Mykyta face the war in Ukraine and are forced to flee to Germany. In Berlin, Iva gets a Cochlear implantation and the chance to hear again. In a world full of noises, challenges and war, Iva seeks for the way to hear and to be heard.
#health #drama #family #human_rights #refugees #disability
Work in Progress
Mama's Voice
#refugees #family #women #war #parents
Сompleted
Mama's Voice (Голос мами)
As the Russo-Ukrainian war erupts, the deep bond between the Ukrainian and the Polish mother helps a Ukrainian refugee family cope with separation, loss, and the search for a new sense of belonging.
#refugees #family #women #war #parents
Сompleted
My Dear Théo
#women #war #observation #memories #human_interest #family
Сompleted
My Dear Théo (З любов’ю з фронту)
Serving both as a mother’s testament of love and a war documentary, the film interweaves Kovalenko's personal journey with the larger narrative of those fighting to ensure future generations may live in peace.
#women #war #observation #memories #human_interest #family
Сompleted
My Huta
#observation #nature #identity #history #family #experimental #animated
Work in Progress
My Huta (Моя Гута)
A poetic journey into the world of the past to confront its ghosts and rediscover the roots of one's 'self'.
#observation #nature #identity #history #family #experimental #animated
Work in Progress
Patronymic
#docufiction #postcolonialism #identity #history #family #archives
Сompleted
Patronymic (По батькові)
Following the long train journey home, Kyiv-born filmmaker Mariia Volodymyrivna Ponomarova searches for her patronymic, a Ukrainian middle name derived from the name of her father, which disappeared from her international documents. 
#docufiction #postcolonialism #identity #history #family #archives
Сompleted
Ukraine is not so far away
#war #immigration #history #family
Work in Progress
Ukraine is not so far away (Україна — не так далеко)
In this film, we follow family of filmmakers from 2013 when the Maidan and the Revolution of Dignity occurred, to the moment they return home from abroad.
#war #immigration #history #family
Work in Progress
Up in the Air
#war #sports #family #drama #coming of age
Сompleted
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 #sports #family #drama #coming of age
Сompleted