Exarch

10 minutes - Ukraine 2013

Genre Documentary

Category Short documentary

Director Nadia ParfanMariia Stoianova

A young Orthodox priest, fed up with too much intolerance and hypocrisy at the Kyiv Pechery Lavra, decides to leave his service there. He finds for himself a new flock: gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people as well as those living with HIV/AIDS. However, the official Orthodox Church denies them in the right to be Christians and homophobic society compels them to hide their sexual orientation. What has to happen to make the Church embower LGBT believers?

The film is part of the almanac of short documentaries 'Ukraine_Voices'.

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16 minutes - Ukraine 2021

Genre Drama

Category Short

Director Oksana Kovtunovich

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Homeschoolers

5 minutes - Ukraine 2020

Genre Animation

Category Short animation

Director Anatolіy Surma

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Sweet Darusya

18 minutes - Ukraine 2017

Genre DramaScreen adaptation

Category Short

Director Oleksandra Stepashko

Based on the novel of the same name by Maria Matios.

It tells the story of the bitter fate of Darusia and her parents, who were tortured by the Soviet NKVD during the pre-war and post-war occupation of Western Ukraine by Soviet troops. The events take place in the remote mountain village of Cheremoshne, in Bukovyna.

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We Will Restore the Trust of Kharkiv Residents and Provide High-Quality Service to Residential Buildings

24 minutes - Ukraine 2023

Genre DocumentaryExperimental

Category Short documentary

Director Maksim Hodak

In an attempt to revive the broken tradition of Ukrainian Modernism, director Maksym Khodak invited two TikTokers to live in the 'Slovo' House in Kharkiv for several days and to speculate together about the new post-war utopian country.

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The Basement

77 minutes - FranceUkraine 2024

Genre Documentary

Category Full-length documentary

Director Roman Blaghan

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Lost

18 minutes - GermanyUkraine 2024

Genre Drama

Category Full-length

Director Veronіka Havrikova

After a painful breakup with her ex-girlfriend, she escapes her memories by moving from Ukraine to Germany. Sitting in a taxi, her story gradually unfolds: her belief that love can overcome anything is shattered when the person she loved chooses fear of judgment over true feelings.

The conversation with the taxi driver unexpectedly touches not only on her own wounds, but also on the driver's doubts about his son's sexuality. At the end of the journey, each of them finds something important — but will they have the strength to change?

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Unconscious will

9 minutes - Ukraine 2019

Genre Drama

Category Short

Director Oleksandra Petlovana

Based on Alexander Kuprin's story "Moonlight Night".

Man is the most difficult creature. Times change, but her consciousness still remains a mystery. What drives her to one behavior or another, and in some places to actions that seemingly incapable of her? Do we really know the people around us? Do we really know ourselves?
A casual conversation between two friends about a movie being watched suddenly reveals some of the spooky secrets of one of the characters' pasts.

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Flower

9 minutes - Ukraine 2016

Genre Melodrama

Category Short

Director Vladislav Serhіienko

The life of the protagonist consists of a daily trek to the woods for grooming on a flower. The mystery that this flower hides is the memories of youth.

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