Volodymyr Kolbasa

Film examines the underground culture of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Three decades after the world's most infamous nuclear disaster, wildlife has returned in the absence of human settlements. Meanwhile, illegal hiking adventurers known as "stalkers," extreme sports aficionados, artists, and tour companies have begun to explore anew the ghostly, post-apocalyptic landscape.

Kharkiv has been one of the hardest-hit cities in Ukraine since the 2022 Russian invasion. Apart from the loss of life, countless buildings have been damaged or destroyed. And the Russian bombing continues.