Celebrating Ukraine: The Stories that Unite (Films)
2026
Rusalka’s Chat
Short film | drama, psychological, folklore | 11:57 mins | Liliia Stetsyk, Maryna Honcharuk, Pavlo Lelet, Adriana Fedunyk, Iryna Vanziak and Elina Babina
Where we are awaited
Short film | documentary | 26:23 mins | Tetiana Marchuk, Vitalii Khashchovyi, Anastasiia Khodosevych, Habriela Kyshlar, Diana Hriaban, Anna Buzhora, Maryna Kozachuk and Arsen Khrebtak
The film is dedicated to everyone and everything that always lead us to where we are awaited. Being a representation of Ukrainian eternal life, it symbolizes how perfect our spirit is, how strong our people are, how sacred our culture is and how something imperfect can be unique in unison.
While the dough rises
Short film | documentary | 7:48 mins | Oleksandra Tanasiichuk and Anastasiia Broska
2025
The Craft of Bukovyna
Short film | documentary | 11:44 mins | Kateryna Yakymchuk, Liudmyla Didyk and Myroslav Tomashchuk
Two craftswomen share their knowledge and insights about their cherished traditional crafts and the peculiarities of those crafts in the region of Ukrainian Bukovyna. Two different individuals, different generations, different experiences, but similar meanings and love for what should and will be preserved.
FERN FLOWER
Short film | drama, folklore, mysticism | 13:33 mins | Anna Buzhora, Anastasiia Dobrovolska, Kateryna Rusu, Masha Babiuk, Viktoriia Ksenshkevych and Vitaliia Horlach
On a night when the line between the world of the living and the world of shadows is blurred, three girls set out to celebrate the ancient holiday of Ivana Kupala and find themselves in the heart of an age-old legend about love, sacrifice, and forgotten magic. The bonfire is burning, the wreaths are floating, and a fern flower is waiting for the one who dares to step into the darkness.
This is no mere legend. It’s a trial of fate.
SOFIIKA
Short film | memorial short film | 16:27 mins | Tetiana Panycheva and Olena Semeniuk
A short memorial film honoring a life filled with warmth, kindness, and quiet light. Remembered as the warmest heart and the kindest soul, Sofiia’s presence continues to live on in the love she shared with those around her.
In memory of Sofiia Piddubna, the lightest heart
2024
What’s Up, Ukraine?
Short film | narrative documentary | 08:14 mins | Anatolii Bodnaruk, Karina Druk and Katherine Holomysova
Living in Ukraine, Part I
Podcast series | documentary | 17:20 mins | Anna Ostafiichuck and Diana Pasovysta
Living in Ukraine, Part II
Podcast series | documentary | 05:33 mins | Anna Ostafiichuck and Diana Pasovysta
Living in Ukraine, Part III
Podcast series | documentary | 07:37 mins | Anna Ostafiichuck and Diana Pasovysta
Mavka
Short film | documentary, folklore | 05:41 mins | Leonid Ovachuk, Vadym Matsotsky, Vasyl Shorodok and Viktoria Petruk
Meridian Czernowitz Festival
Short film | documentary | 12:25 mins | Tania Poveda