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The film tells about the tragic date in the history of the Crimean Tatar people — May 18, 1944 — Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars. The plot of the film — a pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Amet-khan Sultan. In May, 1944, a year after the liberation of Sevastopol, Amet-khan goes on vacation to his native town Alupka. On May 18 his eyes witness the beginning of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars.
‘The Cyborgs’ is re-telling the recent history of Ukraine – the legendary fight for Donetsk Airport in 2014 during Russian invasion. The freedom fighters from various divisions of Ukrainian army and volunteer battalions took a 242-days stand against the Russian backed militants until the complete destruction of the airport’s terminal.
Mykhalych is a former football player of a famous team, he is going through not the best times, and trying to assemble a team for the World Cup of football for the homeless. He is driven not only by love for sports, but rather by the need to break out of the "dead end" into which life has driven him. And also - an attempt to help the boys who ended up just on the street. And when the Ukrainian flag is raised in the final of the championship, these guys are unable to hold back tears of joy not only for themselves, but also for their country. And it is not important whether the country recognizes "its heroes" and what will happen to them later. The most important victory that changed their lives took place.
The story of trust and its absence against the background of events unfolding in Eastern Ukraine in early 2014. The main topic is revealed through the prism of the Luhansk border base, whose fighters the separatists and Russian special services tried unsuccessfully force to betray their country.
Ten figures walk around in a circle. All they have is a number. The “Great Zero” monitors them. Based on a dystopian parable by Oleg Sentsov, this film was created between Kyiv and the Siberian penal colony where Sentsov spent five years as a political prisoner.
An aging composer, caressed by fame, realizes that his finest hour has passed. And in his troubles, the creator blames first of all his wife Elena. To return the capricious muse, Eugene brings a young mistress, a student of the conservatory, into the house. And the wife has to put up with the fact that from now on she will live under the same roof with the "doves."
Maksym is a pilot of an Mi-8 military helicopter, call sign "Sikora". Raised by his military grandfather, Maksym has been used to acting on moral grounds rather than under stress since childhood. When a full-scale war breaks out, he does not immediately rush into battle. But after the atrocities committed by the Russian military in Bucha, Irpin, and Donetsk region, he can no longer remain silent. The viewer is presented with a story not only of war, but also of the inner transformation of a man who is faced with the choice every day to stay on the sidelines or to become one of those who resist.
This is a metaphorical story about the tragic and mysterious death of the most powerful poet of 1960s, human rights activist, hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus and his struggle with the Soviet system. The events of the film unfold during the last attempt by the KGB to seduce the poet with a whimsical "freedom".