On the example of situations that arise with chess pieces, one can discover diverse unflattering traits of a human character. Three short stories about own benefit and the desire to become the most important and unfair fight. So, we have a chess board, and one of the pawns begins its journey...
The plot is based on genuine events: a tendency to abandon subversive activities and surrender of one of the leaders of the Ukrainian counter-revolutionary underground, coroner general Y. Tyutyunnik. The young Chekist Sashko Kovalchuk infiltrates the Kiev counter-revolutionary underground.
A touching story of a forest beauty Mavka who fell in love with a simple guy Lukash. She is the embodiment of nature and genuine human kindness that do not fall to small problems that could ruin their relationship with Lukash. The consumer attitude towards the environment is touched here.
Prince Ihor is going to confront the enemy army from the Polovtsian Land. The solar eclipse foreshadows the fateful finale of the battle... Epic in content and stylized as Byzantine icons in form, the animation is inspired by Kyiv myths and the masterpiece of ancient Ukrainian lyrics "The Tale of Ihor's Campaign". The film won a special jury prize at the Nyon (Switzerland) festival.
