Українська нова хвиля. Ми є

Eight special tapes of the last two years from young authors, united in a joint selection of searches and affirmations. More From the Past (2023), dir. Hanna Palamarchuk The smell of borscht, which my grandmother cooked one sunny day, brings me back to my childhood memories. Although they are vague, appearing and disappearing at lightning speed, there is a certain nostalgia and calm about them. Moments of summer and warmth that you want to keep forever. I died in Irpen (2024), dir. Anastasia Falileyeva, on February 24, 2022, the film director and her boyfriend left Kyiv for Irpin. They spent ten days in the surrounded city and managed to leave with the last evacuation column. Time passes, but since then the feeling that she died in Irpen has not left her. The animated film reconstructs the real story of survival through a personal and subjective prism. My Morning Routine (2024), dir. Vadim Adamov "I wake up, then meditate for 1 hour and drink a glass of lemon water"... Have you seen something similar on social networks? I decided to show my daily routine. One that I am willingly forced to live with and one that also helps me achieve my goals. With one difference - I am a 19-year-old soldier of the Ukrainian army, fighting on the hottest front line in the world. Additional scenes (2024), dir. Roman Himei, Yarema Malashchuk On the 377th day of the Russian-Ukrainian war, a Kyiv couple starts arguing over pillows — which one is for sleep and which one is for beauty. But most importantly, why should we make a film about war? Blueberry Summer (2024), dir. Masha Kondakova This summer, Ksyusha and her mother and sister are forced to pick blueberries in the Kyiv forest in order to earn a living for the family. But she is distracted, waiting for her beloved Misha. Flirting, they go deeper and deeper into the forest, unaware of the danger. Hello, I'm on the mountain (2023), dir. Liza Pirozhkova In destroyed Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast, Kremyanets Mountain becomes an "island of communication" where people try to communicate with their relatives after months of Russian occupation. I'm walking (2023), dir. Daria Zhuravel The autobiographical story of Daria Zhuravel is dedicated to childhood and to those who are no longer with us, but whose presence accompanies us wherever we go. Plasticine dreams (2023), dir. Vadim Makarov In the polyphony of voices, a discussion about home unfolds. By the voices of those who lost it because of the war. Associations, memories, meanings: three letters, hundreds of things between them - home.