Future border guards come from different parts of Ukraine and for different reasons to join the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Some are continuing a family tradition, some are doing it for the company of a school friend, and some have made this decision after completing their military service. The cadets' mentor, Ivan Krynytskyi, uses his own methodology to turn yesterday's “yard boys” into real combat officers.

Season 2: Border Guards. 2nd Year

1999 marked the 100th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock, one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema and an unrivalled master of suspense.

The filmmakers have decided to pay tribute to the famous film director by adapting some of the stories from his personal collection, striving to emulate his style. Each episode is a self-contained story in which Alfred Hitchcock reveals one of his professional secrets, introducing viewers to all the nuances of fear, the degrees of horror and the flavours of a nightmare.

• Episode 1:  Reverse effect
• Episode 2: The Sad Sonnet
• Episode 3: A Sanctuary in the Heavens
• Episode 4: A Matter of Honour
• Episode 5: The Costs of Imagination
• Episode 6: Not the best day at the end of September
• Episode 7: A reckoning that lasts for eternity
• Episode 8:  If it weren't for you, ... Mama

Movie 22 from the movie Unknown Ukraine. Essays on our history.

The cities of Halych and Volyn in the Transnistria. Princes Volodymyrko, Osmomysl, Roman Mstislavovich and his sons Vasily and Danilo. Fights with the Tatar-Mongols. The struggle for the unification of Russian lands.