The story of the world tour of the choral chapel, conducted by Oleksandr Koshyts in 1918-1924.

As a coincidence of contemporary history, the film's plot raises a number of pressing issues of our time: countering Russian cultural expansion and propaganda, the issue of Ukraine's cultural diplomacy, the place of Ukrainian cultural products in the world and its struggle for self-preservation.

The film's speakers are researchers, cultural critics, and artists. Among them:Tina Peresunko, author of a study of the history of Shchedryk, screenwriter; Kyrylo Stetsenko, Ukrainian violinist, composer, grandson of one of the founders of the UPR Chapel (Kyrylo Stetsenko); Larysa Semenko, researcher of Mykola Leontovych's work; Ihor Hyrych, historian, professor, expert on cultural history; Anatolii Paladiichuk, curator of art projects, collector.

Malanka is the folk name for the celebration of the New Year, which has pre-Christian roots. This extraordinary winter performance captivates with its color, mood and meanings. The characters Vasyl and Malanka, Goat, Grandfather and Grandmother, Herod, Devil and others go from house to house to announce the coming of the new year, cheer people up and bring them happiness. Malankars, who prepare for this holiday every year on their own, not only bring light, but also continue a tradition that is so old in Ukraine that it was strictly forbidden in Soviet times.

The protagonist of this documentary, Dmytro Mazuryak, is a Ukrainian musician, a pipersinger in the Kazka band, which makes Hutsul musical instruments. He comes from the Bukovyna village of Ispas, where he has been continuing the tradition of malanka for 15 years. Living in Kyiv, Dmytro returns to his native land every year and organizes the Malanka festival there, because, according to him, it fills him up, gives him inspiration to live and create, and strengthens the invisible ties between generations.

The film covers the dramatic period of the life of director and writer Alexander Dovzhenko during the tumultuous events of 1939-1945.

The dramatic basis of this story is the little-known facts about Alexander Dovzhenko's premonition of the inevitability of war, his participation in it, and most importantly, about changes in world outlook and, consequently, the fate of the artist through whom the war thundered.