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.

This two-part documentary explores the complex relationship between Ukrainian artists and the Soviet authorities: how, despite the pressure, they managed to create songs that outlived the Soviet Union and became symbols of an era.

The film is built around Ukrainian hits of the time, such as ‘The Song of the Towel’ and ‘Cheremshyna’, whilst also presenting a collective portrait of the creators of Ukrainian song — Platon Maiboroda, Andrii Malyshko, Stepan Sabadash, Ihor Shamo, Dmytro Pavlychko and Oleksandr Bilash.

Many cultural figures, journalists and historians took part in the project, and their expert commentary is featured in the film. These include poet Yuriy Rybchynskyi, cultural studies scholar Nataliia Kryvda, literary scholar Rostyslav Semkiv, musician Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, historian Oleksandr Palii, musician Kyrylo Stetsenko, musicologist Valentyna Kuzyk, film scholar Serhiy Trymbach, musician Albert Tsukrenko, radio journalist Olesia Bilash, poet Viktor Herasymov, radio presenter Halyna Babii, music journalist Phil Pukhariev, musician Mykhailo Khoma, musician Oleksandra Koltsova, journalist Yaroslav Shcherbakov, radio presenter Dmytro Bakal, literary scholar  Yaryna Tsymbal, music collector Ihor Kalinichenko, former director of the National Philharmonic Dmytro Ostapenko, director of the Ukrainian Radio Museum Anatolii Tabachenko.

The main character is a Ukrainian Vasily Slipak, soloist of the Paris National Opera, who went to war in the Donbass. This is a reflection film on the values for which the singer put everything at stake. This is a movie about Ukraine after the Maidan - what a journey it has been in three years.

There are two contrasting worlds in which Vasily Slipak lived. One is full of lights of the charming capital of France and the spirit of the Paris Opera. The second is in the Donetsk region, on the front line between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists.

Free adaptation of the works of Anton Chekhov – the story Heavy People and the unfinished play Tatiana Repin.

The protagonist betrays a light feeling of love for the money. He marries a rich girl, leaving his poor bride alone. But it does not withstand such cynical betrayal and makes a living. And now the day of the wedding has come, and the ghost of a poor girl who seeks just vengeance comes to the traitor.

After ten years of marriage, Tatiana's family life (Yevgeniya Loza) has fallen far short of the expectations that she had on her wedding day. Igor (Yakov Kucherevsky), who seemed to have so much promise, turned out to be mean and miserly, and their attempts to have children have come to nothing. Still with hopes of parenthood, the couple decide to go to Istanbul for a consultation with a world-famous fertility specialist, Dr. Kemal (Adnan Koç). After only a few weeks, Tatiana finally sees two long-expected lines on the pregnancy test strip. However, she soon realizes that the father of her future baby is not her husband...

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