The official version of the tragedy, which occurred in January 1943 in the small mining town of Krasnodon, was created on the basis of the famous novel by Alexander Fadeev "Young Guard". The novel was written under the watchful eye of Stalin, who gave the writer clear instructions and personally edited his work. It was Fadeev who made Oleg Koshov and his comrades an icon for several generations of Soviet youth - courageous, selfless, young patriots who are consciously ready to die for lofty goals.

In fact, according to the film's author, the interest in the Young Guard was in fact a well-planned campaign in which children (and the youngest of the 70 Young Guards killed by the Nazis were just 14 years old) were pawns in a big adult game. And the struggle for leadership between 16-year-old Oleg Koshov and a senior comrade was the beginning of the end of the "Young Guard" ...

This is a documentary about the author of the visual identity of this year’s Docudays UA that reveals the secrets behind his creative process, the source of ideas and the inspiration for Anatolii Surma.

Before becoming an animator Anatolii Surma studied to be a tractor driver, and even worked in a regional road service office. His passion for animation began with The Simpsons and South Park. And while American TV series are generally created by huge studios, the distinctly recognisable characters that make up this whole absurdist world come from the hand of an amateur artist from a village in Khmelnytskyi oblast.

Based on the novel by Eugenia and Anton Granovsky "Leaving the kingdom of the dead" (Leaving the kingdom of the dead).

Maxim Orlov is an experienced opera singer who has been trying in vain for several years to catch a cruel criminal nicknamed "Paper Killer". During one of the operations he suffered a severe head injury and fell into a coma for more than 20 years. When he wakes up, he finds himself in another country, with other people. His whole life has changed: his colleagues at work have aged, his beloved wife is married to another, but the main thing is that the "Paper Killer" is still at large ...