24 February 2022 marked another turning point in the history of Ukraine. Its citizens keenly felt that Russia wanted to destroy them not only physically but also spiritually. Those who were cultural figures became its true guardians.

The film shows how the lives of contemporary writer Serhiy Zhadan, director of the regional museum Serhiy Laevsky, and collectors Daria Dobrian, Ihor Ponamarchuk and Ihor Nikolayenko have changed.

The second part of a trilogy that began before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The film explores how a protracted war changes society, political narratives and personal reality. Through his own biography, performances, a dialogue with his father and the transformations of the Ukrainian queer community, the author shows the clash of identities, cultures and ideologies. The war becomes the backdrop for deeply personal stories and visual narratives that coalesce into an artistic manifesto.

An almanac of 12 short documentaries filmed as part of the annual educational project of the 86th International Film and Urban Festival for aspiring filmmakers. These are 12 personal stories, live voices, and human faces from the East of Ukraine: Mariupol, Kramatorsk, Severodonetsk, and other unexpected frontal area locations through the eyes of local residents.

• Father talking

• Acute pain

• Miner

• Newly

• MA

• Metallurgists

• Svetlograd

• Severodonetsk

• The Noise of the Universe

• Frontier of Reality

• Me and Mariupol

• I love you