Red

110 minutes - Ukraine 2017

Genre DramaHistoricalAction movieScreen adaptation

Category Full-length

Director Zaza Buadze

Based on Andrei Kokotyukha's novel Red.

In 1947, two Ukrainians enter the Gulag. The main character is UPA soldier Danilo Krasnyi. Another Ukrainian is Viktor Gurov, a Soviet pilot from Chernihiv, whose plane was shot down over enemy positions and is considered a prisoner of captivity. Gurov considers Stalin a hero and believes that the military court was wrong. Both heroes must go through hell and inhumane conditions of hard labor, the pursuit of criminal leaders, meanness, betrayal and despair.

Daniel finds the strength to resist the repression of the camp commander and makes a desperate attempt to break free by raising his first uprising in the camp.

The film is based on real events.

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Movie Critics: 0, Spectators: 7.5

Causal

22 minutes - Ukraine 2017

Genre Drama

Category Short animation

Director Andrіy Scherbak

The adaptation of Taras Shevchenko's poem "Causal".

War divides lovers; the young bride, unable to stand apart, loses her mind and dies. The young man returns alive and unharmed, but when he sees the death of his beloved, he breaks down to death. Nevertheless, they remain together forever.

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Movie Critics: 0, Spectators: 9

Blood Sausage

23 minutes - Ukraine 2016

Genre Tragicomedy

Category Short

Director Arkadіy Nepytaliuk

Andrew's parents slaughtered a pig to make a traditional Ukrainian dish – blood type – for Masha's future daughter-in-law. They want to meet her as their own, treat her the best – a dish of pig blood. But Masha is Jewish. And no one except Andrew knows about it.

The film is a part of the short film short film Ukrainian New Wave 20/16+

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A Gentle Creature

143 minutes - RussiaGermanyNetherlandsFranceLatviaUkraineLithuania 2017

Genre Drama

Category Full-length

Director Serhіy Loznicya

Based on the story of Fyodor Dostoyevsky Lagidna (Rus. Krotkaya).

A woman lives alone on the outskirts of a village in Russia. One day, she receives a parcel she had previously sent to her prisoner husband. It says "return to sender". Shocked and confused, the woman sees no choice but to go to jail in a remote area of ​​the country for explanations.

Thus begins the story of the fight against this impenetrable fortress, a prison where the forces of social evil are always on guard. With the fear of violence and humiliation, in the face of all opposition, our heroine embarks on a journey in the blind pursuit of justice.

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Nikita Kozhumyak

86 minutes - AndorraUkraine 2016

Genre AnimationAdventureFantasyFamily

Category Full-length animation

Director Manuk Depoyan

Based on the book by Nikita Kozhumiak's Anton Siyanika.

Continuing the story of the famous hero Cyril Kozhumyaka, who defeated the last Serpent, only the main character of this story was his 12-year-old son Nikita, who does not possess the amazing physical strength of his father and only by virtue of his character must defeat the Serpent and save the world. In the magical world of Nikita and his new friends there will be many funny and dynamic adventures. It is an amazing tale with a fascinating story and a happy ending, which tells of genuine feelings, true friendship and the fact that true heroism is not in physical strength, but in the power of spirit.

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Movie Critics: 0, Spectators: 5.5

Live fire

77 minutes - Ukraine 2014

Genre Documentary

Category Full-length documentary

Director Ostap Kostyuk

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Movie Critics: 0, Spectators: 8.5

Women in War

72 minutes - FranceUkraine 2017

Genre Documentary

Category Full-length documentary

Director Marіya Kondakova

When they came home to war, thousands of Ukrainian women made it their duty to become soldiers and risk their lives for the sake of peace and freedom in their country. The film looks at three such women and the life they never expected for themselves.

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Movie Critics: 0, Spectators: 6

Ivan's Land

84 minutes - Ukraine 2020

Genre Documentary

Category Full-length documentary

Director Andrіy Lisecykiy

Ivan lives a simple life in an Ukrainian village. Nothing in his world indicates that this story takes place in the 21st century. His main occupation seems to be feeding his animals and working his fields ... until we realize that he is one of the great artists of a dying art form.

One day, an art collector shows up on Ivan’s doorstep who has heard stories about an unique painter in an area where you would never expect it. The art collector looks around, inspecting carefully Ivan’s paintings and later leaves with one of Ivan’s sculptures. Ivan doesn’t know it yet, but his life is about to change...

Soon after, rumors spread through Kiev about an artist who appears like a man from a time centuries ago. More and more journalists and art enthusiasts track Ivan down until they all stand in the middle of Ivan’s house, equally surprised and amazed by his work... and before Ivan understands what is actually happening to him, he and his works are invited to be showcased in Kiev. The journey they all embark on is bigger than a man traveling from a village into the big city. Ivan has never been in a gallery and he has never put his pieces of art on a wall. He is curious to experience this new universe but he seems also irritated by
the excitement of people he never met before and who don’t even realize that the man strolling through the halls is actually the man responsible for all their enthusiasm. Ivan has made it from a painting farmer to a celebrated artist and receives the option to change his life. For many people it would be an easy choice
to make, a dream come true. But thinking of home, Ivan didn’t miss anything when being alone with his animals, paintings and sculptures. Although he observes with big eyes the urban life of the capital, he also feels that he is a stranger in this world. Whatever life the metropolis might offer, its not for Ivan.

Eventually, Ivan gets back on his bike, happily smiling as he is making his way back home and back to a life that doesn’t need the comfort and amenities of the modern world, but instead holds the key to the happiness that is the source of and inspiration to Ivan’s art.

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Movie Critics: 0, Spectators: 0