WAKING UP IN SILENCE
Ukrainian children are confronted with their past as they explore their new home in Germany: a former Wehrmacht military barracks.
Ukraine 2023 / 17:00 / Director: Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faez
WHERE RUSSIA ENDS
In the late 1980s, a team of Ukrainian filmmakers made several expeditions to the remote corners of Siberia. In 2022, during Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, previously unknown footage from these trips was discovered in Kyiv. This valuable find becomes the starting point for a film essay about Russian imperialism, environmental destruction and oppression of the indigenous population in Russian colonies.
Ukraine 2024 / 25:00 / Director: Oleksii Radynskyy
MARIUPOL, A HUNDRED NIGHTS
A girl wakes up from explosions and tries to survive in a burning Mariupol in the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. To escape, she has to go through the destroyed streets, facing the unknown and trusting destiny. Later, as an elderly woman, that once-young girl will return to Mariupol and remember everything.
Ukraine 2023 / 8:00 / Director: Sofiia Melnyk
PRELUDE
While roaming through the streets of wartime Kyiv, Anna discreetly films men passing by. Her search for a one-night stand ends in an unexpected meeting with a soldier. Distant observation leads her into the unsettling collision with reality.
Ukraine 2025 / 14:00 / Director: Alina Panasenko
KYIV CAKE
A family in Ukraine and the difficulties they face. Through the prism of absurdity and surrealism, this film covers a fragment of Ukrainian history from 2014 to 2026. A child is born in a poor family, the parents do everything possible to survive, but just when the crisis reaches its peak, a new danger flares up.
Ukraine 2025 / 22:00 / Director: Mykyta Lyskov