Writing
At the beginning of the XVII century, events take place preceding the liberation struggle led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky. A young boy Pavlo Pokhylenko leaves his native Kaniv to join the Zaporizhian Sich (camp and cossack army) to fight for freedom and the Orthodox faith.
A poetic story of love and parting between a young man and a young woman. Based on Lesia Ukrainka’s one-act drama.
An intellectual and writer involved in underground revolutionary activity is imprisoned, where his convictions and will are put to the test. Based on Lesia Ukrainka’s short story “Mistake (Thoughts of a Prisoner)”.
The film is based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Hryhurko. The story is about the difficult life of young mechanics working on an irrigation canal in the steppe. Each of them has his own problems: a long-standing enmity, a prison past, family problems, and a complicated love for a single mother with a child. But the difficult remote work in the steppe forces everyone to change their outlook on life.
Two young Ukrainian volunteers are captured by the Reds during the Soviet-Ukrainian war, exploring themes of loyalty and moral ambiguity amidst the backdrop of early twentieth-century Ukraine.
The life and fate of two brothers during the Soviet-Ukrainian War of 1917-1921. Based on the short story of the same name by Klym Polishchuk.
