Oleg Bachynskyi

Filmed during one night in July 2025 by forty filmmakers and hundreds of citizens, The Illusion of a Quiet Night paints a vast collective portrait of war-torn Ukraine. Between fear and exhaustion, moments of joy and scenes of the ordinary day to day, we watch as life goes on in spite of everything, witnessing the resilience of a nation gripped by uncertainty.

The story of how the teacher went to the literary festival in the resort town of Truskavets. But there, various funny situations arise with the heroes, and in general they end up at a completely different festival. This trip radically changed the life of the main character.