The Mother hen

Ukraine 2019

Genre Melodrama

Director Volodymyr Melnychenko

Nadia Kosenkova, a primary school teacher at a private school, adores her work and pupils. For this, she got the nickname Mother Hen.

Nadia dreams to have a child, but children “do not fit into” the plans of her husband, Vlad, the headmaster at the same school. And soon it is revealed that he has long been cheating on Nadia. Having learned of her husband’s betrayal, Nadia quits. Nadia loses both her family and her job in a single day.

At the same time, the tragedy happens in the family of Nadia’s pupil, Liza Aksenova. Right on the girl’s birthday, her mother dies in a road accident. Lisa’s father, Alexei, has never been on good terms with his daughter and has no idea how to get on with her. Moreover, the girl faces serious psychological issues after her mother's death. The only person who can reach her out now is Nadia. Having understood this, Alexei offers Nadia to become Lisa's tutor for some time.

Thus, Nadia gets into the big country estate of the Aksenovs and unwittingly becomes a participant of a big and dangerous game related to Aleksei's activities. It soon turns out that his wife's death was not accidental and that everyone close to him is also in great danger.

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My favorite Strashko

Ukraine 2021

Genre Dramedia

Director Maksim MehedaAlina Bukhtiiarova

A story about the life of a girl who got a job as an assistant director of a large cosmetic company. Once in the world of beautiful and rich, the heroine feels uncomfortable, but she is not one of those who run away from challenges. She proves with her diligence that attractive appearance and fashionable clothes are not the main thing in a person. And even her boss begins to see in the main character something more than just a "gray mouse".

Adaptation of the Colombian serial format "Betty la fea" ("Unattractive Betty").

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In the corner

Ukraine 2013

Genre Documentary

Category Short documentary

Director Dmitro Tyaghlov

Residents of the village of Panasivka in the Poltava region - mostly elderly people - have not had public transport for five years. They ride only on a cart or on horses, cannot buy medicine and bread in time, receive medical care.

Zoya Ivanivna Shulha, a resident of this village, decides to submit an information request to find out from the authorities why the bus to their village was canceled. The reaction of the authorities to the information request is to sign a new contract with the "old" carrier, which for years did not fulfill the terms of the previous agreement, depriving the residents of transport connections. This does not stop Zoya Ivanivna and she continues to write inquiries and appeals. Will the bus eventually go to her village? How to survive in a settlement on the verge of extinction, how to convince yourself and desperate fellow villagers to act?

The film is part of the almanac of short documentaries Open Access.

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Without pathos

Ukraine 2002

Genre Documentary

Director Yulia Lazarevska

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Above ground

93 minutes - UkraineSyria 2021

Genre Documentary

Category Full-length documentary

Director Somar Afif Aha

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66%

24 minutes - Ukraine 2015

Genre Documentary

Category Short documentary

Director Natalia Blok

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Property

11 minutes - Ukraine 2013

Genre Tragicomedy

Category Short

Director Anatoliy Maksymiyuk

A man steals a car and it triggers a chain reaction of strange events.

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Little Wings. A Story of Hope

2 minutes - Ukraine 2022

Genre Animation

Category Short animation

Director Rodіon ShubMarіanna Sablіna

Short animated story of Shchedryk, known by many as the popular holiday song Carol of the Bells but originally written as a traditional Ukrainian folk song, heralding the coming of spring. Shchedryk's well-wishing lyrics tell the tale of a swallow flying between households, proclaiming the plentiful year that the family will have, inspiration for the tale of Little Wings, which follows a lonesome swallow's adventure to guide carol singers to a family in need of renewed hope.

The allegorical 2D handcrafted animation uses Ukrainian culture and creativity to inspire hope and joy in all.

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Creative Youth Forum

Ukraine 2002

Genre КіносюжетChronicle-documentary

Category Short documentary

Director Maksim Surkov

A chronicle-documentary film about the Creative Youth Forum of Ukraine, which took place in Kyiv from November 14-16, 2002.

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Motanka

Ukraine 2024

Genre Animation

Category Short animation

Director Yulіya Kruhlyak

Пластилінова анімація в техніці стоп-моушен, яка розповідає про українську культуру. Це і лялька-мотанка, яка передається з покоління в покоління, і мамина колискова, а ще вишиванка, петриківка, предмети побуту нашого народу.

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