The Game of Fate: Nymphaea of Candid

16 minutes - Ukraine 2006

Genre DocumentaryBiographical

Director Vasily Vіter

A film from the series The Game of Fate.

The first rector of St Volodymyr's University of Kyiv (now Taras Shevchenko University), Mykhailo Maksymovych, was a scholar of encyclopaedic knowledge. He devoted himself to science, leaving a significant number of works on botany, zoology, physics and philology, geography, ethnography and philosophy, history, and archeology. At first, his personal life did not work out. Mikhail was not destined to marry the girl he dreamed of and called "nymphaea candida", or "white lily". Because she was already engaged. But before she died, the "nymph Candida" made him promise to marry her virgin daughter, who was 30 years younger than he was.

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The Wooden Wedding

5 minutes - Ukraine 2022

Genre Drama

Category Short

Director Yuliia Orlenko

A young woman prepares a romantic dinner with champagne and candles to celebrate the fifth wedding anniversary with her husband. But suddenly their cheerful conversation is interrupted by the sounds of sirens and their bursts of laughter by the explosions of bombs.

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Great Ukrainians. Yaroslav the Wise

25 minutes - Ukraine 2008

Genre DocumentaryBiographicalHistorical

Director Oleh Karnasyuk

The film tells the story of the heyday of Kievan Rus in the era of Yaroslav the Wise, the laws he gave to his state, and the battles he led. In particular, Yaroslav put an end to the Pechenegs once and for all — in 1036, a general battle took place, after which the Pechenegs never attacked Rus again — and St. Sophia Cathedral was built in honor of this victory.

Particular attention is paid to his daughter Anne, who became the Queen of France and the de facto ruler of the country until 1074, in particular to her novels, as well as to her son, the French King Philip, a worthy successor to the royal dynasty.

The filmmakers also tackled the mystery of the Norman sagas, which, according to some reports, accuse Yaroslav (“Yaritsleiva”) of being the mastermind behind the murder of his brother Boris (“Buritsleiva”), and will try to understand this dubious version of the events of a thousand years of history.

But the main theme of the film is the search for Yaroslav's library, which, like the Grail, symbolizes the wisdom of this great sovereign. One of Yaroslav's books, the Gospel in Old Slavonic, which Anna Yaroslavivna brought with her to France as a dowry, was used by all French kings until the end of the eighteenth century when they were anointed to the throne.

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From the inside

13 minutes - Ukraine 2017

Genre Arthouse

Category Short

Director Alex Bykov

The story of a person who is constantly faced with various difficulties in his life path, and as a result, realizes that what he so longs for is in fact always accessible, regardless of external circumstances.

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Roses. Film-Cabaret

76 minutes - Ukraine 2021

Genre Documentary

Category Full-length documentary

Director Iryna Stetsenko

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About the bird

1 minutes - Ukraine 2017

Genre Animation

Category Short animation

Director Vіtalіy Halo

Once in a forest there was a fire. The beasts began to leave the forest. Only one small bird carried water into its pocket and poured it into the fire. The story is based on a Jewish parable.

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Lost Paradise

80 minutes - Ukraine 2000

Genre Drama

Category Full-length

Director Valerіy Roghko

According to the novel by Viktor Veretennikov.

While on a taiga expedition, former partner Artem Sapega during a snowstorm falls into the den to bear. Miraculously defeated in a fight with the owner of the taiga, Artem realizes that he was left alone with the wild in a 40-degree frost, surrounded by a pack of wolves. To emerge victorious in an extreme situation Artem is helped by the spirit of spirit, love for his wife Olga, daughter and son, and unwavering desire to survive at all costs.

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Christmas tree in a million

Ukraine 2019

Genre MelodramaComedy

Director Oleksіy Daruha

Anna is the owner of a jewelry firm, the mother of a young prodigy Katie and no wife for five minutes. However, apparent well-being is not so joyous and cloudless. The woman has to deal with the debts of the former man, which he hung on the firm, and the offer of hands and hearts from her boyfriend, chief of the security service Igor, she perceives ambiguously.

To save the company, Anna decides to invest in a unique jewelry – a Christmas tree made of gold with toys made of precious stones. However, the day before the auction at which she is going to sell the Christmas tree, the woman is in trouble ...

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