Borys Peter

A "direct cinema" documentary that explores the art and inner workings of the major art institution in Kyiv, Ukraine. Two special exhibitions - one dedicated to the Ukrainian baroque and another one to a prominent avant-garde artist - are the two defining events in the film's narrative.

Наташа заведует столовой в секретном советском научно-исследовательском институте 1950-х годов. Это бьющееся сердце вселенной DAU, сюда заглядывают все: сотрудники института, ученые и иностранные гости. Мир Наташи маленький, он разделен между потребностями столовой в течение дня и ночами, вызванными алкоголем, с ее младшей коллегой Ольгой, во время которой они доверяют свои надежды на романтику и на другое будущее. Однажды вечером на вечеринке Наташа сближается с приглашенным французским ученым Люком Биге, и они спят вместе. На следующий день ее жизнь резко меняется, когда ее вызывает на допрос генерал КГБ Владимир Ажиппо, который ставит под сомнение характер ее отношений с иностранным гостем.

A series of odd coincidences has left Lukas, an interpreter for an OSCE military checkpoint inspection tour, stranded near a small southern Ukrainian steppe town. With nowhere to turn, this city boy finds shelter at the home of a colorful local named Vova. With Vova as his guide, Lukas is confronted by a universe beyond his imagination, one in which life seems utterly detached from any identifiable structure. Fascinated by his host and his host's daughter Marushka, with whom he is rapidly falling in love, Lukas’s contempt for provincial life slowly melts away and sets him on a quest for a happiness he had never known could exist.

Богемный художник и певец Толик в одиночку заботится о 5-летней племяннице Кате. Ее мать Аня не работает и страдает от психического расстройства. Катин биологический отец исчез, и Толик стал настоящим отцом для маленькой девочки. Катя так и говорит: «Мама — сестра моего папы». Когда психическое здоровье сестры ухудшается, Толик неловко балансирует между играми и заботой о ребенке и шумной ночной жизнью на вечеринках и галереях провокативного искусства.

During a year of the war, Ilya 'Hottabych' Lysenko, a participant in the Maidan and a successful financial director, managed to create a team of five medical crews who evacuate the injured under fire from the hottest flashpoints on the frontline.

In the east and south of Ukraine, many people do not speak Ukrainian. Activists organize free courses for everyone who wants to learn, bring book fairs and music bands to cities and towns, and organize meetings with writers.

While he was fleeing Ukraine, President Viktor Yanukovych tried to destroy all the evidence of his government's corrupt activities. In order to save the drowned, slashed and burned papers and bring about the punishment of the criminals in power, journalists and volunteers organized the White Collar Unit, which day by day is building up valid proof of the crimes from the tiniest pieces.

Myr - a film about Myroslav Hai, an acting teacher in the famous project So You Think You Can Dance, who, during the very first days of Russia's aggression in eastern Ukraine, created a powerful volunteer foundation, and provides the soldiers of the Anti-Terrorist Operation with food, uniforms, night vision devices, and other military equipment.

Lustration - a story of the struggle of Yehor Soboliev, the 'chief lustrator of the country', to pass the Ukrainian bill on government lustration, and the importance of creating the Lustration Committee.

On the first day of the Russian occupation of the peninsula, Crimean activists created a Facebook page with this title to provide up-to-date and reliable information about the situation in Crimea. Today, Crimea SOS provides urgent humanitarian, legal, psychological aid to internally displaced persons, and is fighting for the return of Crimea to Ukraine.

From its first days, the Euromaidan was guarded by Self-Defense - the volunteers who maintained order and security by working in shifts. Now most of them serve in the National Guard of Ukraine, and the rest have created self-defense squads in cities and villages all over Ukraine and maintain public order. The Odesa Self-Defense revealed a scheme for smuggling fuel via the sea port to the occupied territories of the Donbas.

The day after the students on the Euromaidan were beaten up, the activists of the Center for Civil Liberties opened a hotline for the victims and the volunteer lawyers, thus providing the protesters with legal services and defenders in court. Today, they monitor war crimes, engage in international advocacy, and struggle for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia.

Automaidan - civic activities on four wheels. It started as an association of car owners who patrolled the streets, blocked government buildings, and helped the activists on the Maidan.

Documentary short of love, betrayal and responsibility. Fenik and Alina live for the moment, as people lost on the brink of civilization and human morality. Both lovers have children, and they cherish the hope that they will soon be able to take the kids to live with them. But those are only words. Alina's infidelity pushes Fenik towards reconsideration, but will it last? The film is about the manifestation of human feelings in souls ravaged by alcohol. It hints at our common responsibility for the future. One wants to think that children will be healthily immune to this syndrome and will become better than their parents. That is how it is supposed to be.

В центре сюжета – село Старая Збурьевка, куда сложно вызвать полицию. Для охраны порядка община села выбирает двух шерифов: 50-летнего Виктора Кривобородька и 44-летнего Владимира Рудковского. Пока они разбираюся с кражей уток и семейными ссорами, в село медленно проникают новости с войны и повестки в армию. «Украинские шерифы» – это взгляд на новейшую историю страны через жизнь маленького южного села.

В центре сюжета – село Старая Збурьевка, куда сложно вызвать полицию. Для охраны порядка община села выбирает двух шерифов: 50-летнего Виктора Кривобородька и 44-летнего Владимира Рудковского. Пока они разбираюся с кражей уток и семейными ссорами, в село медленно проникают новости с войны и повестки в армию. «Украинские шерифы» – это взгляд на новейшую историю страны через жизнь маленького южного села.

The film is about the director’s mother, the movie actress Nina Antonova. Now she is 80. She has had hundreds of roles – big and small. It is a personal story about an honest and sad life, about self-sacrifice and freedom. Real fame as an actress came to her only once in her life. It was the leading role in the first Soviet colour TV series Varka’s Land. That was 45 years ago…

Little kids, big dreams and smashingly good music – Dixieland follows the amazing progress of four members of a Ukrainian children’s brass band from Kherson. Through steady practice under the wildest of conditions, Roman (12, trumpet), Polina (10, trombone, drums and many other instruments), Nikita (12, drums) and Nikita (14, piano) produce magical music with ancient, wobbly instruments. Not least due to their wit and good humor, they persevere together, helped along by their 80+-year-old conductor and a young teacher. These children of the post-Soviet provinces use American tunes to achieve their dream – to become someone in the world and make something of their lives, no matter how dire the circumstances. From the authors of an awards winning documentary film Ukrainian Sheriffs.