Oleksii Shamin

January, 2022. Long-time neighbours and miners Sergiich and Pashka live in a small village in the Donbass. Their lives would be unremarkable were it not for the fact that they are located in a grey zone at the heart of the conflict between Russian and Ukrainian forces. They are neutral arbiters, frequently hosting members of one army or the other, each fully aware of what their neighbour is doing. But as fighting continues and resources diminish, both men know they must connect with a ravaged world beyond their homes.

How to repay parental debt on the other side of the front line? Why would a doctor kill and when to believe the enemy? How is the war in eastern Ukraine different from any other war in the world? A war drama about the stories of two families, where adult men took up arms and thus crossed their destinies.

Anna has just taken on a mortgage in dreams of a better life with her daughter Katia. Instead, a turn of events makes Anna face a dilemma that will change her personal moral borders in a society that hasn't got any.

Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built specifically for artists. He comes from the provinces and works as a proof-reader in a printing press, and has never even dreamed of living under one roof with prominent Ukrainian writers and artists. He thinks his own poetry is genius, but nobody takes his literary efforts seriously, not to mention the occasional chuckles over his epigone poems. But fate smiles at him. The head of the political intelligence agency suggests that he become the author of a play written earlier. Akimov agrees, signing a non- disclosure note. The poet has no idea what price he will pay for this success. “‘Slovo’ House” is a story about a generation of Ukrainian artists persecuted by the totalitarian system, unfolding against the backdrop of one of the largest genocides of the 20th century: the Holodomor, which caused the death of almost 7 million people.

Материнская любовь неизмерима. Когда ее сыну угрожает опасность, она сломя голову бросается ему на помощь. Ради спасения ребенка она способна на все, даже пройти через ад войны. Когда София узнает, что самолет ее сына сбит, она не стесняется отправляться на его поиски. Но никто нигде не знает, где находится ее сын, выжил ли он, или его можно схватить. Ради своего спасения женщине придется отчаянно проходить через опасные испытания, враждебную ненависть и угрозы. Она понятия не имеет, на что способна, как это страшное путешествие изменит ее, что превратит ее из обычного человека в великую Мать, которая своим безмерным материнским сердцем и любовью способна спасти даже заблудшие души врагов.

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Chain-smoking artists, poets and playwrights were among the colourful array of intellectuals living in the ‘Slovo House’ in 1920s Ukraine. The communist paradise was built under Stalin's approval, but it quickly became a prison. The brutal Soviet regime spied on the inhabitants, destroying their eccentric way of life and sealing their fate. This fascinating film explores the extraordinary story of the building and its residents.

Mom and daughter after shopping in the supermarket go to the exit and the mother remembers that she forgot to buy buckwheat. While the daughter is waiting for her mother with shopping, she hears a voice that reminds the child that her father is at war and that he loves buckwheat. A girl who doesn't like buckwheat tells her mother that she wants to try it again.