On February 24, a full-scale war began in Ukraine. Not only people but also animals became the hostages of this war. In peacetime, they could be taken care of, but it was almost impossible to save the animals during shelling, airstrikes, and occupation by enemy troops. In a panic, people abandoned their homes and closed their apartments with their pets. Shelters remained without communication, electricity, and water. Animals died from hunger, thirst, shell fragments, bullet wounds, and heart attacks during explosions. However, even during the war, some were able to save defenseless four-legged friends: these are shelter workers who lived with their wards for more than a month of occupation by russian troops, these are volunteers who took out half-alive dogs abandoned to certain death, this is an association of caring people who despite street battles and mined houses, they saved animals from the first days of the war and continue to do so.

This film shows how war destroys everything in its path, but thanks to the heroic actions of people who do not consider themselves heroes, they are given a chance for a new life despite death.

The film is about deported Ukrainians from Zakerzonia in 1945-46 who settled in the village of Ternovytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, and were active believers of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which was persecuted at the time.

This is a challenging film that touches the heart, because it depicts the tragic events of the deportation of Ukrainians from Zakerzonia.

Part I - Evacuated Forever
Part II - Persecuted Truth

The film is dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of one of the most prominent figures in Ukrainian cinema, film director Oleksandr Dovzhenko (1894-1956).

The film tells the story of the artist's thorny path – from his first steps in cinema to the creation of cult films that have become symbols of Ukrainian poetic cinema. The authors explore how Dovzhenko maneuvered between his own creative ideals and the political constraints of the era.

The film features insights into Oleksandr Dovzhenko's personal and creative journey from: Professor Yurii Shapoval, Doctor of Historical Sciences; film historian and screenwriter Serhii Trymbach; historian and public figure, now People's Deputy Volodymyr Viatrovych; film expert, editor-in-chief of the magazine Kino-Kolo Volodymyr Voitenko; film researcher Ivan Kozlenko; Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi; film expert and head of the Dovzhenko Centre film archive Alona Penzii; film expert and chair of the Ukrainian Film Critics Association Oksana Volosheniuk.