The cycle of documentary short films is dedicated to Ukrainian filmmakers and famous artists who are defending Ukraine in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, their reflections on their own transformation during the war, rethinking of values, creativity, and war.

The project consists of one feature-length film and six short novellas, which focus on the story of the protagonists, their motivations, transformation, and vision of war.

The documentary film "Save", directed by Serhii Zeinalov and Maksym Khotilenko, is dedicated to the tragic events following the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam and their impact on the residents of the Kherson region. The film tells the personal drama of director Zeinalov, whose grandmother and grandfather remained in the occupied town of Oleshky during the catastrophic flooding.  

After the dam’s destruction, the directors set off from Kyiv to Kherson, hoping to rescue Serhii’s relatives. However, reaching Oleshky, located on the left bank of the Dnipro River, proved impossible due to the destroyed Antonivskyi Bridge and Russian military shelling. This bridge, incidentally, was built under the supervision of the director’s grandfather, Afanasiy Dermenzhi.  

The film provides a detailed portrayal of the efforts of volunteers and residents who risk their lives to evacuate people from the flooded areas. Viewers witness the heroic actions of ordinary citizens who, despite the danger, organize rescue operations using boats and improvised means.  

The director’s personal story, "Save" conveys a profound emotional charge, showing how war and natural disasters shape the destinies of individuals and entire families. The film not only documents the events but also raises important questions about humanity, solidarity, and the strength of family bonds in the most difficult moments of life.

Based on Boris Vian's work of the same name.

A woman wants to protect her children - from her husband, from the world, from gloating, from hatred, from cowardice. Is it possible?

In each of the three stories, there is a murder and its people, at first glance, are absolutely incapable of doing so.

Boiler room 6. The housing issue continues to spoil people. If it were not, the humble employee would not have to take a suspicious long chest to Boiler Room # 6.

Ophelia. Pretty girl Offa works in the hospital archive. She hates both men and women, loves only children. For some reason, she closely monitors the fate of those who were abandoned by their mothers in the maternity hospital. Her ideal is Ophelia. How can the fate of Shakespeare's heroine be repeated in our time?

Girl and death. An elderly man in a wheelchair spins a coffee mill. The little neighborhood girl does not understand what respect for old age is. But he remembers that if his grandfather dies, he and his mother will get him a room. Youth and old age do not love each other. Girl and death.

Ivan lives a simple life in an Ukrainian village. Nothing in his world indicates that this story takes place in the 21st century. His main occupation seems to be feeding his animals and working his fields ... until we realize that he is one of the great artists of a dying art form.

One day, an art collector shows up on Ivan’s doorstep who has heard stories about an unique painter in an area where you would never expect it. The art collector looks around, inspecting carefully Ivan’s paintings and later leaves with one of Ivan’s sculptures. Ivan doesn’t know it yet, but his life is about to change...

Soon after, rumors spread through Kiev about an artist who appears like a man from a time centuries ago. More and more journalists and art enthusiasts track Ivan down until they all stand in the middle of Ivan’s house, equally surprised and amazed by his work... and before Ivan understands what is actually happening to him, he and his works are invited to be showcased in Kiev. The journey they all embark on is bigger than a man traveling from a village into the big city. Ivan has never been in a gallery and he has never put his pieces of art on a wall. He is curious to experience this new universe but he seems also irritated by
the excitement of people he never met before and who don’t even realize that the man strolling through the halls is actually the man responsible for all their enthusiasm. Ivan has made it from a painting farmer to a celebrated artist and receives the option to change his life. For many people it would be an easy choice
to make, a dream come true. But thinking of home, Ivan didn’t miss anything when being alone with his animals, paintings and sculptures. Although he observes with big eyes the urban life of the capital, he also feels that he is a stranger in this world. Whatever life the metropolis might offer, its not for Ivan.

Eventually, Ivan gets back on his bike, happily smiling as he is making his way back home and back to a life that doesn’t need the comfort and amenities of the modern world, but instead holds the key to the happiness that is the source of and inspiration to Ivan’s art.