Celebrating Ukraine: The Stories that Unite (Films)
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.
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