In the ruined city of Izium, in the Kharkiv region, Mount Kremianets becomes an "island of communication," where people catch a signal to talk to their loved ones after months of Russian occupation.

The film is included in the anthology of short films Ukrainian New Wave. We Are (2025).

An almanac-collection of short films by young Ukrainian directors from 2023–2024. The selection includes eight short films, among which are winners and nominees of the Golden Dzyga and Kinokola awards, participants of Molodist, Docudays UA, Linoleum, Kyiv ISFF, Mykolaichuk Open, and Ivano-Frankivsk 4:3.

• l From the Past
• l I died in Irpin
• l My Morning Routine
• l Additional Scenes
• l Blueberry Summer
• l Hello, I'm in the Hill
• l Walk
• l Plasticine Dreams

Ukrainian New Wave is a project showcasing the best short films by Ukrainian debut directors this year. Launched by the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre in 2012, every year it presents the best short debut works by young Ukrainian directors, which have been selected and recognised at national and international film festivals, for nationwide distribution.

This summer, Ksenia, her mother and sister are forced to pick blueberries in the Kyiv forest to earn a living for the family. But she is distracted by waiting for her lover Misha. Flirting, they go deeper and deeper into the forest, unaware of the danger.

The film is included in the anthology of short films Ukrainian New Wave. We Are (2025).

This is an autobiographical story by Daria Zhuravel, dedicated to the childhood and those who are no longer with us, but whose presence accompanies us wherever we go.

The film is included in the anthology of short films Ukrainian New Wave. We Are (2025).

Memories surfaced through the smell of borscht, which once on a sunny day my grandmother cooked. They are never accurate, they are fast as lightning, but they carry in themselves a light nostalgia and calm. Moments that you want to remember forever: a song sung by mom, a clear sky above your head and the certainty of tomorrow, because there is still a whole summer of fun ahead.

The film is included in the anthology of short films Ukrainian New Wave. We Are (2025).

The struggle for Ukrainian freedom and independence continues every day, not only on the front lines, but also in Ukrainian cities and villages occupied by Russia. Where people are unable to take up arms, but still have their will, imagination and personal stance – to assert Ukraine where the Russian occupation regime is in place – non-violent resistance emerges.

The film tells the stories of people who resisted in Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Novoazovsk, Melitopol, and Kherson, the stories of activists from non-violent resistance movements such as “Yellow Ribbon” and “Zla Mavka,” and the testimonies of those who still live in occupied cities but find the courage to paint yellow and blue flags, hang ribbons, distribute posters with Ukrainian symbols, preserve Ukrainian traditions, and even teach the Ukrainian language to others.

The idea behind the film is to remind us that we must remember our people in the territories temporarily occupied by Russia and fight for them. We sincerely hope that the voices of Ukrainians under occupation will be heard both in Ukraine and beyond its borders.

The life of a trading company's staff is turned upside down when the manager announces upcoming layoffs. A week-long team-building exercise in the Carpathian Mountains will decide who will lose their job. What used to be a regular corporate event turns into a real game of survival.

This is the Ukrainian adaptation of the cult Romanian comedy Teambuilding.

The main character, Polina, is the glamorous daughter of a businessman who is accustomed to a carefree life. After her father's betrayal, she finds herself on probation at an advertising agency. There, she competes for a month with Roman, an ambitious and principled colleague who sees the world in a completely different way.

Their professional rivalry gradually escalates into conflicts, unexpected rapprochements, and situations where it is difficult to distinguish between work tasks and personal feelings.

An adaptation of the bestselling novel Eternal: Confession at the Pass of Spirit by Myroslav Dochynets. 

The film tells the life story of a real 104-year-old Carpathian sage's journey to eternal wisdom. It is a confession of a great soul, a man who experienced historic events throughout his lifetime that had changed the lives of entire nations and had redrawn borders.

The main character’s personality is formed by overcoming the overwhelming hardships and pain that life throws at him, and so it becomes his lifelong road of discovery and enlightenment, which lead him to the temple of inner harmony and love for the Universe.

In the face of human cruelty, our hero remains humane, kind, and true to his convictions. His stamina, thirst for new experiences, and innate harmony with Nature, his wise teacher, help keep him on his sacred path. Set across the 20th century Ukraine, this spiritual, period-piece drama centers around a person who steps outside the bounds of time and space to discover the limits of the human spirit. This is the tale of Andriy Voron, the one that some people call “Eternity Man”.

Narrated by Andriy in his old age, the story uses a fractured structure that mimics the very act of remembering, as the story itself is based entirely on Andriy's memories. The memories of the many lives he has lived blur together in a way that shows the purpose of a whole life lived in harmony with nature and God.

At one moment, we are with him as a 9-year-old boy who learns about his missing father and the rules of Ukrainian society in the 1920s.

The next moment, we are on a Ukrainian battlefield in 1939 as the 25-year-old Andriy now learns about the horrors of war in a most brutal war scene.

Each time the story jumps to another time and place in the old narrator’s memories, our hearts jump as we wonder whether he will survive the war, the heartbreak, the isolation, and even self-doubt. Ultimately, this story shows that humankind can reach enlightenment even in the harshest of times, at times of war, racial divide, poverty and inhumane conditions. The viewer is invited to follow along the main character’s path of life, to see through his eyes, to feel with his heart, to sense even the slightest changes in his internal state and mindset, and to share his breath and heartbeat. Andriy's unconditional faith proves that at the end of every tunnel there is a light because it is in the heart.