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10. July 2022

Delirium (2013)

Delirium, by Ihor Podolchak Fiction Director: Ihor Podolchak Writer: Ihor Podolchak Genre: Drama Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian, English subtitles Length: 100 Minutes Also known as: Деліріум (Ukrainian title) Delirium – Synopsis A family asks a young psychiatrists to be their guest and look after their father who’s developed a suicidal fixation for ropes and knots. It is also entirely possible that the mental health of the guest is the real cause for concern. Further Information: imdb.com Wikipedia in English / Ukrainian Please visit our Movies section on Filmmakers for Ukraine

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10. July 2022

Las Meninas (2008)

Las Meninas, by Ihor Podolchak & Dean Karr Fiction Director: Ihor Podolchak, Dean Karr Writer: Ihor Podolchak Genre: Drama Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian, English subtitles Length: 99 Minutes Also known as: Меніни (Ukrainian title) Las Meninas – Synopsis A family of four lives in the suburbs household. Through a complex interplay of light and mirrors, it’s more art installation than a house. The main character is a son in early thirties who almost does not appear on the screen. Suffering from asthma and struggling with dermatitis since his childhood, a man uses his condition to manipulate their parents and sister.

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10. July 2022

Not Now (2020)

Fiction, Short Film Original Title: Не Зараз Director: Andrew Liulko writer: Andrew Liulko Genre: Drama, Short Film Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian, English subtitles Length: 15 Minutes Not Now – Synopsis A young man is refusing to believe that he has cancer and is procrastinating till the very last moment to tell his girlfriend about the scary but obvious symptoms. Once he realizes that he has very little time left, he turns his hesitation into his strength – proposes to marry his girlfriend, spends more time with dad dying of cancer and agrees to get the surgery! Now it’s up to

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9. July 2022

Blindfold (2020)

Fiction Other Title: Iz zavyazanymy ochyma Director: Kateryna Gornostai Genre: Drama Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian Length: 100 Minutes Synopsis: Young MMA fighter Yuliya has lost her boyfriend in the war in eastern Ukraine. She starts a new relationship to make her life move forward. (Source: Cineuropa) Winner Best Feature Debut at Warsaw International Film Festival 2020 Further Information: imdb.com

International, Ukraine

9. July 2022

Stop-Zemlia (2021)

Fiction Other Title: Director: Kateryna Gornostai Genre: Drama Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian Length: 121 Minutes Synopsis: An introverted high-school girl Masha sees herself as an outsider unless she hangs around with Yana and Senia who share her non-conformist status. While she is trying to navigate through an intense time of the pre-graduation year, Masha falls in love that forces her to leave her comfort zone. From a debutant Ukrainian director Kateryna Gornostai, a deeply personal story about self-discovery and the patience it requires. (Source: Cineuropa) Stop-Zemlia was produced by Kyiv-based ESSE Production House, and Germany’s Pluto Film has the international rights. Further Information: imdb.com

International, Ukraine

9. July 2022

Rhino (2021)

Fiction Other Title: Носоріг Director: Oleh Sentsov Genre: Drama Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine Language: Ukrainian Length: 101 Minutes Synopsis: Starting out as a petty thief, a young man nicknamed “Rhino” quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 1990s Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, could he finally find a chance at redemption?. (Source: Cineuropa) Rhino was produced by Ukraine’s Arthouse Traffic and Cry Cinema, and was co-produced by Poland’s Apple Film Production and German outfit ma.ja.de Fiction. Its world sales are handled by WestEnd Films. Further Information: imdb.com Wikipedia in English Wikipedia in Ukrainian

Germany, International, Poland, Ukraine

9. July 2022

Tera (2018)

Fiction Director: Nikon Romanchenko Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian Length: 70 Minutes Also known as: Тера (Original Ukrainian title) Cast: Nataliya Polovynka Synopsis: Lyuba works at a confectionery factory in a small town in the West. Her son is in the war zone in the East of the country and there is no connection with him. Lyuba goes in search of his son in an unfamiliar territory. (Source: СУК | CUC – Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema – Production Company) Further Information: Tera at IMDB Tera – Official Facebook Page

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9. July 2022

New Jerusalem (2020)

Documentary Director: Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Himey Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian Length: 76 Minutes Also known as: Зарваниця (Original title: Ukraine) Synopsis: Every year, thousands of Ukrainian Christians undertake a pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia, a sacred place. Between prayers they share news, brag about their wealth, take pictures of chapels, give interviews, witness miracles. (Source: Docudays UA) Further Information: New Jerusalem at IMDB New Jerusalem at DOCU DAYS UA New Jerusalem – Official Facebook Page

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9. July 2022

Trenches (2021)

Documentary Director: Loup Bureau Country: France Language: Ukrainian Length: 85 Minutes Also known as: Tranchées (Original title – France) Synopsis: In Donbas Ukraine, while precarious truces and ceasefires are negotiated far away by diplomats, Ukrainian soldiers fight against separatists supported by Russia. At an age when some are experiencing the best years of their lives, in the frontline men and women are fighting, condemned to dig and dig up again the trenches, while bombs keep on falling on them. French war journalist and first-time director Loup Bureau takes us on an immersive and stunning cinematic journey revealing the naked truth

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France, Ukraine

9. July 2022

107 Mothers (2021)

Fiction Director: Peter Kerekes Genre: Drama Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine Language: Russian Length: 93 Minutes Synopsis: Lesya has committed a crime of passion which brings her a seven-year sentence in one of Odessa’s women’s correctional facilities. She has just given birth to her first child, and now she is entering a world populated only by women: inmates, nurses and wardens, women of all ages, wives and widows, daughters, sisters, pregnant women, and women with children. If not for the colour of the uniform, it would sometimes be hard to tell who is who. (Source: Cineuropa) Further Information: imdb.com Wikipedia

Czech Republic, International, Slovakia, Ukraine

9. July 2022

Klondike (2022)

Fiction Director: Maryna Er Gorbach Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian, Russian, Dutch, Chechen Length: 100 Minutes Synopsis: The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after they find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014. (Source: Cineuropa) Streaming: This film ist searching for Distribution Further Information: Official Website: klondikemovie.com imdb.com Wikipedia in English

International, Turkey, Ukraine

9. July 2022

Reflection (2021)

Fiction other Title: Відблиск (Vidblysk / Widblysk) Director: Valentyn Vasyanovychs Genre: Drama Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian Length: 125 Minutes Synopsis: Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy is captured by the Russian military forces in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine and while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying scenes of humiliation, violence and indifference towards human life. After his release, he returns to his comfortable middle-class apartment and tries to find a purpose in life by rebuilding his relationship with his daughter and ex-wife. He learns how to be a human being again, how to be a father and help his daughter,