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.

Based on the Ukrainian folk tale.

The man had two sons and a wife, but there were no goats in the farm. One day he managed to buy a very good goat in the bazaar, which made him extremely happy. Only the goat set its master against all members of the family, but it happened that in the end, her approaches played with her an evil joke.

Based on the story of Gregory Oster.

The characters of the novel - father and son - are similarly indifferent to their mother. They only want one thing from a woman: she has to clean, cook, wash ...

The movie is included in the cartoon scarecrows.