Mykola es un pacifista excéntrico que quiere ser útil a la humanidad. Cuando comienza la guerra en Donbass, el ingenuo mundo de Mykola se derrumba cuando los militantes matan a su esposa embarazada y queman su casa hasta los cimientos. Recuperado, toma una decisión cardinal y se enrola en una compañía de francotiradores. Habiendo conocido a los asesinos de su esposa, se derrumba emocionalmente y organiza el "terror de francotiradores" para el enemigo. Es salvado de una muerte sin sentido por su instructor, quien a su vez es herido de muerte. La muerte de un amigo deja una “cicatriz” y Mykola está dispuesto a sacrificar su vida.
Cuatro historias cortas se desarrollan en las carreteras de Donbass durante la guerra. No hay espacios seguros y nadie puede entender lo que está sucediendo. Aunque estén atrapados en el caos, algunos consiguen ejercer su autoridad sobre otros. Pero en este mundo, en el que el mañana puede no llegar nunca, no todos están indefensos y son miserables, e incluso es posible que les toque a las víctimas más inocentes tomar las riendas.
En la histórica región de Donbass, en el este de Ucrania, a pesar de la cruel guerra que se viene librando desde 2014 entre las autoproclamadas Repúblicas Populares de Donetsk y Luhansk y el Gobierno ucraniano, la gente trata de sobrevivir en el podrido corazón del caos, donde la violencia se disfraza de paz, la propaganda se convierte en unívoca verdad y el odio reina en nombre del amor.
Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war in his time, in principle he does not even want to touch a weapon. In a situation, he sees only one way out - to leave the country. But you can't run away from the war, the border is already closed. To save his family, he will have to make difficult moral choices.
In the autumn of 2014, in the ATO zone, an intelligence group headed by experienced captain Anton Saienko (called by nickname "Banderas") tries to prevent sabotage and neutralize the Russian saboteur.
‘The Cyborgs’ vuelve a contar la historia reciente de Ucrania: la lucha legendaria por el Aeropuerto de Donetsk en 2014 durante la invasión rusa. Los luchadores por la libertad de varias divisiones del ejército ucraniano y batallones de voluntarios tomaron una posición de 242 días contra los militantes respaldados por Rusia hasta la destrucción completa de la terminal del aeropuerto.
Este de Ucrania, en un futuro cercano. Sergey, un ex soldado que sufre síndrome postraumático, tiene problemas para adaptarse a su nueva realidad: una vida hecha añicos, una tierra en ruinas. Cuando la fundición en la que trabaja finalmente cierra sus puertas, encuentra una inesperada forma de superar su tristeza al unirse a la tarea de los "Tulipanes Negros", un grupo dedicado a exhumar los cadáveres que la guerra con Rusia ha dejado tras de sí. Trabajando al lado de Katya, empieza a comprender que un futuro mejor es posible.
Oleg, un niño ucraniano de 10 años, vive en una zona en guerra y a menudo convive con el fuego antiaéreo y los ataques con misiles. Mientras muchos ya han decidido abandonar esta zona peligrosa, Oleg permanece con su abuela, quien se ocupa de él desde la muerte de su madre. Sin poder hacer nada ni tener otro lugar a donde ir, esperan pacientes. Oleg se divierte con su primo pequeño Yarik. Juntos crean mil aventuras mientras ponen a prueba sus propios límites. A través de la perspectiva de Oleg, vemos qué significa crecer en una zona de guerra y la lucha de un niño para descubrir qué es el mundo mientras se hace grande entre los peligros y desafíos de una guerra.
Ukrainian journalist Katya Soldak, currently living in New York City and working for Forbes magazine, chronicles Ukraine's history: its strong ties to Russia for centuries; how it broke away from the USSR and began to walk alone; the Orange Revolution, the Maidan Revolution, the Crimea annexation, the Donbass War; all through the eyes of her family and friends settled in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city located just eighteen miles from the Russian border.
A love story set in modern day, post-revolutionary Ukraine between Julia, an idealistic student activist, and a wounded soldier fresh from the warfront.
Based on a true story. Two fighters of 'Donbas' Volunteer Battalion get locked inside city of Ilovaysk after regular Russian army enters Ukraine and shells the surrounded divisions of Ukrainian Army in the infamous would-be 'green corridor'. The fighters survive thanks to the help of the locals and manage to break out through the front line to reach the freed territory. Taras Kostanchuk who is playing himself as 'Beshoot' is that same Donbas commander who is the prototype of the story. Half of the actors and extras are real 'Donbas' volunteers who survived the battle.
Nina, 30, a Ukrainian language teacher who can't leave the city of Luhansk, occupied by separatists in Eastern Ukraine, is forced to undergo retraining courses for teaching Russian. Andrii, 17, is a student who was orphaned in the aftermath of the war. They cross paths when Nina witnesses Andrii being arrested by the police after hanging the Ukrainian flag from the roof of his school. Nina knows that because they live in a world of injustice and lies Andrii can stay in jail for a long time, and she risks her life to free him. As they gravitate towards each other, they try to remind people in the occupied territories that they deserve a future, too.
The story of trust and its absence against the background of events unfolding in Eastern Ukraine in early 2014. The main topic is revealed through the prism of the Luhansk border base, whose fighters the separatists and Russian special services tried unsuccessfully force to betray their country.
BREAKING POINT: The War for Democracy in Ukraine looks at people transformed by a democratic revolution, who give up their normal lives to fight a Russian invasion, in a war which has killed 10,000 and displaced 1.9 million Ukrainians.
This lesson in political revelation focuses on the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger jet MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. A meticulous, investigative exposé that lays bare the mechanisms of Russian warfare.
Train “Kyiv-War“ is a full-length documentary film directed by Korniy Gricyuk. The dramatic history of the Kyiv-Kostyantynivka train, with its passengers` unique fates, pain, memories, secrets, hopes, is a history of today Ukraine. Only 12.5 hours away from peaceful Kyiv is Kostyantynivka, a small industrial city in the eastern part of the country, immediately after which the front begins. This entire time people with different characters, social status, political views, and beliefs are traveling on the train side by side. They talk, debate, even quarrel, but speak to each other and go in a common direction. And what`s important, they all want to get to peace. This film is the voice of ordinary people, the search for dialogue and the path to a common future, where everyone’s voice will be heard.
About the politically incorrect and patriotic adventures of four friends in a mysterious convent full of dangers. This time, to save Ukraine, the heroes plunge into the Russian sabotage Center. Kremlin agents are preparing a terrible crime against civilians. To win, your friends will have to get used to completely new, dangerous roles and come back from the dead several times.
In 2014 Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine turns hot. An engineer, actor, soccer coach and florist volunteer to fight on the front line. Unaware of the pivotal role they will play in the war, they discover the meaning of true leadership.
Two fellow athletes fall in love with the same girl. They try to get money for her treatment for cancer.
Personal videos from the phones, camcorders, cameras and GoPros of Ukrainian soldiers are woven into a surreal journey to the frontline of the war with Russia. The film shows a bizarre world whose laws are quite different from what we are used to. The behaviour is different, the relationships unfold differently and the humour takes on different notes. The heroes wake up and fall asleep, rejoice and cry, always feeling that the recording may end at any moment.