National Competition includes 12 films about Ukraine today, its people, their imaginal and real stories, dreams and plans. These are films that tell us about ourselves and the times we live. How to start life from scratch, let the past go, act without basic security needs in the time of open military conflict. Insightful, serious, funny and tragic stories!
Ivan wants to be an actor more than anything in his life. He is taking acting classes and getting ready to apply to drama university. But there is one big problem. He can't speak. Would this boy be able to make his dreams come true?
Can you trust your own memory? When all the photos are destroyed, only linden blossom will preserve the memory of a beloved
The Girl and the Boy play in a garden. They are left alone there and they do not have any obligations to behave in a certain way. This gives them the freedom to create their own ways of interaction with the world. During such an interaction, adult social constructs inter-twist into weird children folklore and shift into an abstract sphere. There are secrets and various modes of being in the world of the Girl and the Boy.
Is there any chance for true happiness after an emotional and physical trauma? Nazar, a participant of tragic events on the East of the country, moves to the Ukrainian side and tries to start a new life. But the new life has its own challenges and the past won't let go.
Three-years-long observation of Kyiv's moving landscape, condensed into 10 minutes of screen time.
Two cheaters deceive people on the phone and demand money. They call people at night and pretend to be their relatives, who are arrested and beg for money. This time a retired woman Mariia becomes their victim. She is ready to do everything to rescue her nephew Ihor from prison. But cheaters have no clue what is waiting for them after meeting the old helpless woman.
