After the end of the Cold War, the Baltic was viewed almost as a quiet backwater. A nice place to visit to see charming Hanseatic cities and sandy beaches. But since the war in Ukraine the Baltic sea, bordered by eight European Union countries as well as Russia, has become a hot spot of world geopolitics. And tensions are high.
Film reconstruction of five real stories about the heroic deeds of the residents of Kyiv region during the Russian occupation. A story about those who heroically and selflessly saved tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives.
Filmmaker Olly Lambert spends two months on Ukraine’s southern frontline with volunteer special forces as they begin the push to capture Kherson. The film follows “Hummer”, an experienced military commander who now finds himself a chaperone to completely inexperienced forces on the frontline.
When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world from a dangerous space weapon that -- in one short pulse -- could destroy the earth! As Bond squares off against his former compatriot, he also battles Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon
In 1950, long after the world has finished fighting World War II, a fight continues behind the newly drawn Iron Curtain: as the Ukrainians keep fighting both Nazi and Soviet abuses, General Roman Shukhevych (Hryhoriy Hladiy) is forced by brutal circumstances and his own sense of honor and duty to lead this effort as an underground war. As portrayed by the film, Shukhevych is a genteel family man who is also a complex character (revolted by ethnic discrimination, a music lover and a military genius) that with his charisma fuels his countrymen with desire for freedom. In the end, Shukhevych's efforts are unable to defeat the Soviets despite paying for his resistance with his life, but they re-enforce Ukrainian patriotism as an underground force until Ukraine finally recovers its freedom from Soviet tyranny.
Following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Denys is forced to leave his country. He has nothing left but the hope of seeing Dmitrii, a young recruit of the Russian army.
Since 24 February 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, several million refugees have already been taken in by Poles. In the Lublin region, near the Bug River, which marks the border with Ukraine and Belarus, farmers, shopkeepers, a photographer, and a teacher tell how their daily lives have been transformed by the outbreak of this war.
Sasha, a refugee from Ukraine, flees to New York City to pursue his dream of becoming an actor, setting up camp under a bridge. As he grapples with the guilt of leaving his home and family behind, he gets an unexpected visitor.
The owner of a large construction company struggles to get permission to build a house in a garden square. An unexpected parcel from an old friend helps him make the only right choice.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the beginning of the full-scale war in 2022 Ukraine, and filmed entirely in Ukraine under bombs, air raid sirens, and military curfew – Sofia, a young Ukrainian singer trying to make it in L.A., travels to Kyiv for the first time in four years just as the war breaks out, forcing her to make an impossible choice between career and home, safety and love.
This is a collection of unique video and photo documents, memorials of direct participants and witnesses of the events: deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR/Ukraine, government officials, politicians, public figures and journalists, as well as materials of Ukrainian and foreign media.
A story of a lonely woman, who tries in a somewhat radical way to reach out to the world, which doesn’t care for her personal needs.
After the dry cleaner's established by Antek's older brother shut up shop, every day tastes of cheap alcohol and reeks of bootleg cigarettes. The family is visited by a brother-in-law, and along with him comes the night. Sun slowly sets over Eastern Borderlands.
A Ukrainian town has just been occupied by pro-Russian military forces. A bank clerk is going to take credit money from those who won’t give it without a fight.
New York City's beloved Ukrainian restaurant Veselka is best known for its borscht and varenyky, but it has become a beacon of hope for Ukraine. As the second-generation owner Tom Birchard reluctantly retires after 54 years, his son Jason faces the pressures of stepping into his father’s shoes as the war in Ukraine impacts his family and staff.
This is a Christmas musical movie with eight old Christmas carols that have been collected during special search expeditions. Combined with electronic sound of Yaroslav Tatarchenko and performed by famous Ukrainian artists these carols have found a new life and for the first time they can be heard by the general public. JAMALA — «Ой грало море в неділю рано» DANTES — «А в полі-полі вишня стояла» WELLBOY — «Із-за гаю зеленого» Tонка — «Ой, добрий вечір, пан-хазяїну» TERY — «А в пана-пана» ЮЮ — «А в нашого хазяїна» Lely45 — «А що звечора» ЩукаРиба — «Ой була, була в батечка дочка». The purpose of this project is to preserve Ukrainian Christmas traditions that have been muddled and belittled by the soviet propaganda for years and years, but also to update them with new sound because Christmas carols are part of our modern lives not some sacred past to be forever hidden in a coffer.
One week before St. Nicholas Day, St. Nicholas writes an application for sick leave. All gifts for polite children are ready, except for one: a 9-year-old girl Yustia did not write him a letter with her wishes. The same is due to his hospitalization and the fact that no child can be left without a gift, St. Nicholas assigns his responsibilities to the girl's father. The girl's father is a musician and composer who, after the death of his wife (the girl's mother), no longer plays music, but tries to make a career as a presenter, forgetting about his child's dreams.
As war ravages their homeland, Ukrainian children flee their homes out of fear. Across the country, young lives are uprooted and transformed overnight. But even amidst devastating loss, the children's resilience and optimism shine through.
Poliske was contaminated with radioactive material after the 1986 Chornobyl disaster. Soviet authorities did everything they could to erase the ancient history of this town, and after Chornobyl, they destroyed its future.