The film covers events related to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and consists of interviews with well-known figures from the Ukrainian film and show business industry, in which they talk about how the war has affected their daily and creative lives.
The documentary explores the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It combines documentary chronicles with an exhibition at the National Museum of History of Ukraine in Another World War. The film delves into the chronology and history of the invasion, offering insights into the museum’s role as a living history of the region. It highlights the unity and resilience of the Ukrainian people as they face the challenges of war, fighting not only for their freedom but for the freedom of all Europe.
War transforms public space, turning the sky from a peaceful sight into a symbol of threat. The film uses found footage to depict this shift, showing peaceful and military skies from dawn to dawn. It includes sounds from military radio stations UVB-76 and Kraplia, highlighting the continuity from the Cold War to the current political tensions in Ukraine.
A documentary short with no narration, just the music by Anton Baibakov in the background, consisting of black and white photographs Olexandr Glyadelov took between 24.02.2022 and 31.05.2022 in Ukrainian cities - Kyiv, Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka, Gostomel, Moshchun, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Male Rohan, Chuhuiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kramatorsk.
A documentary short with no narration, just the music by Anton Baibakov in the background, consisting of black and white photographs of Vladyslav Krasnoshchok made in deocuppied cities and at the frontline.
On March 4, 2022, the Russian troops occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. The day before they entered its satellite town, Enerhodar, and attacked resisting civilians who barricaded the road to the nuclear power plant.
Founded in the early 1970s, Enerhodar (‘the energy gift’) was meant to serve the thermal power station and the nuclear power plant. Its construction was part of the Soviet modernist project championing industrialization, urban growth and new nuclear technologies.
After its occupation, Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was turned into a time bomb. The infrastructure of ‘peaceful atom’ was weaponized and used as a means of nuclear blackmail. In a grim twist, the colonial Soviet ambition to control the forces of nature culminated in Russian war atrocities and ecocide of the planetary scale.
A documentary short with no narration, just the music by Anton Baibakov in the background, consisting of black and white photographs Olexandr Glyadelov took in 2023 and 2024 in various Ukrainian cities and at the frontline.
A documentary about the largest battle of the UPA with the NKVD and other parts of the Soviet Union near the villages of Antonivtsi and Gurba in Ternopil Oblast and Rivne Oblast.
A wounded Soviet soldier is kept hidden by his wife in their home for 26 months. He hopes to survive the war in this way. Too late, they both realize the error of their ways.
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf laid out a blue print for some of the worst atrocities the world has ever witnessed. But how did one book mobilise ordinary people to do evil things? Has society forgotten many of the lessons from Nazi Germany?
The war in Ukraine begins. Ukrainian children from the war are brought to a Russian elementary school. One of them turns out to be the nephew of Wiktoria, a Ukrainian music teacher who hasn't seen him for years.
18-year-old sniper Jamila, a graduate of a military weapons school, volunteers on the Kalinin Front in Belarus, as her lover is fighting on one of the war fronts. Jamila undergoes combat training and is fully trained in the process. He endures all hardships and struggles and fights valiantly, but is wounded and captured by the Germans. As events unfold, Jamila finds her lover, who turns out to be a triple agent working undercover for the Nazis. He rescues Jamila and sneaks her through the forest, where they are stopped by Belarusian partisans.
The film depicts the events of a family - a mother and two children - against the backdrop of the consequences of the Khojaly tragedy. Zakir's father was martyred in the Karabakh war. He lives with his mother, and his main ideal is to return to the lands for which his father died. The hero, rejecting the voice given to him by God, chooses military school instead of mugham art. He thinks that on such a difficult day for the homeland, it is necessary to defend it with a weapon in hand.