A couple is fleeing the war to the west of Ukraine. A man is waiting for his son from captivity. The hands that until recently created art are now welding anti-tank hedgehogs, and those who were children yesterday are today going to defend our land from the russian occupation. The directors of ten films of the Ukrainian Competition react to the events that our country has faced and create a comprehensive panorama of our present and the strength of Ukrainianness.
PUTLER KAPUT!
Mykyta Lyskov
Ukraine | 2022, 10 min
After a full-scale russian invasion in Ukraine and escalation of the war animators from all over the world united to kill putin! At least on a screen.
IT IS QUIET HERE.
Olena Podolianko, Novruz Hikmet
Ukraine | 2022, 13 min
A young couple is torn from the world for one long night in a hotel room in a town near the border. That night they agreed not to talk about the war. Completely lost in each other' s small world, they don't realize when the morning comes and force them to go back to reality.
TEATRALNA STATION
Alina Panasenko
Ukraine | 2022, 16 min
Tymofii is a little pickpocket. He lives his normal life until he suddenly falls in love with the next on the lady station officer at the Teatralna station.
THE DIAPER CAKE
Anastasia Babenko
Ukraine | 2022, 18 min
After the celebratory night, an adolescent Vitya visits his wife Lena and their newborn son at the hospital in a small Ukrainian town. As the new parents are trying to wake their baby for feeding, they deal with the irreversible changes in their lives and with each other. In a tiny hospital room, they have no choice but to grow up. Meanwhile, the diaper cake silently sits in the room, like a time bomb.
I NEVER HAD DREAMS OF MY SON
Jason Blevins
Ukraine | 2022, 16 min
After five years of war, a Ukrainian father finds proof his missing son may still be alive in captivity.