Фільм з кіноциклу «Обрані часом».

Фільм про незабутнього «Маестро» українського кіно – народного артиста України, актора і режисера Леоніда Бикова (1928-1979), який створив яскраві образи в фільмах «Максим Перепелиця», «Добровольці», «Альошчина любов» та ін., зняв невмирущу стрічку «В бій ідуть тільки старики».

This is an incredible story of Valerii Markus, a paratrooper of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war, a blogger, traveler and author of the bestseller book “Footprints on the Road”.

To somehow structure in his mind the three years he spent in the war, Valerii Markus leaves Paris for the Way of El Camino de Santiago. But will the paratrooper find peace by following the legendary path of the pilgrims? What changes will Valerii get after all that he has gone through and why is he being drawn to another long journey again and again?

The story is based on the philosophy of the Ukrainian philosopher Grigory Skorodov about relations between man and the world. Is the world trying to catch you or reaching out to you and wanting to reconnect?

Student Film.

The Kyiv Independent investigated and talked to relatives and guardians whose children were one step away from being trafficked to Russia. Bypassing the front line, the relatives traveled through several European countries to Donetsk to pick up their children and prevent them from being transferred to Russian families.

The journalists also identified a group of children who were deported to Russia last spring under the guise of rehabilitation to the Polyany boarding house. They were promised to be returned in a month, but instead were placed in the care of Russian families. Ukrainian collaborators who remained working for Russia in 2014 were involved in the deportation of this group of children.