Siluvairaj, A church sexton who has devoted his entire life to the service of God sets out to fulfill his dying mother's last wish - a small plot for her burial site in the church's cemetery. This first ever wish of his leads him to confront stark social disparities, question his belief and challenges his very understanding of the world. 

No Priests Left is a moving documentary about faith under persecution in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. Through powerful testimonies from multiple Catholic priests, the film reveals how they chose to stay and serve their people despite the danger of arrest, torture, and exile. Their voices blend into one story of endurance, sacrifice, and hope, capturing the spirit of a Church that refuses to vanish even as its buildings are destroyed and its clergy taken away. In their witness, we see that faith remains unbroken, and love continues to rise in the face of oppression. 

In 1917, in the aftermath of the devastating Battle of Caporetto, a young deserter attempts to escape the war and the horrors he has endured. Wandering through the countryside of northern Italy, one evening he decides to camp in a desolate clearing. After lighting a fire to keep warm, he falls asleep. He is soon abruptly awakened by a young local peasant woman who, in exchange for a piece of bread, asks for permission to warm herself by the fire. The two young people begin to talk, open up, and get to know each other, yet neither realizes that this encounter will forever change their lives. 

During the brutal Derg regime in Ethiopia, a mother is caught in a heart-wrenching conflict as she struggles to protect her youngest son, a member of the EPRDF resistance, from being killed by his own older brother, a loyal officer working for the government. 

In a theatre project, Arab, Jewish and Muslim students want to search for the architecture of hope in Córdoba. Unfortunately, on the day of their departure, 7 October, the reality of war destroys this project in a terrible way. The present comes to a standstill. While the Israeli students fear for their lives, the German group decides to express their powerlessness through a visual poem to send a quiet sign of hope. 

War must be fought long before it reaches your backyard. And once he's there, pulling the curtains won't help anymore. 

Alfyia, a joyful young woman in 1960s Central Asia, is actively parachuting and studying to become a midwife, when she receives an extraordinary phone call from her granddaughter in 2022. She is worried about her grandmother's safety amid the invasion of Ukraine. In this intergenerational conversation across time and space, the granddaughter tries to restore and rethink family memory and her own ethnic identity, break the endless cycle of collective trauma and reflect on the meaning of human life. 

While the Mom and the Dad try to put their baby to sleep, a competition arises between them: who will manage to get the baby to say the first word? 

A Ukrainian mother and son who fled to Turkey due to the war in their homeland confront the trauma caused by the war when they attend an event on April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's day for children. 

Agatha lives in a world that has fallen apart—and yet follows its own logic. She puts laundry in the dishwasher, stores shoes in the refrigerator, prepares a salad made of bills and candles, and celebrates with cake and candles. Between absurd humor and tender moments, a whimsical portrait emerges of a woman who is reconstructing her reality. A tongue-in-cheek look at aging—and the power of small rituals. 

The beginning of the 20th century was marked by significant and dramatic events that changed the whole of Europe.

Bringing much grief and suffering, the First World War produced hardened personalities.

Sofia Okunevska fights for the right to treat people and be a doctor, despite the fact that she is a woman.
Through her efforts, despite discrimination, she builds a path to her dream profession and becomes one of the most famous doctors of the then Austro-Hungary.

German ecologist from the city of Kiel - Michel Jacobi moved with his family to the Ukrainian Carpathians to save the nearly extinct water buffalo. Living among Hutsul and Boyko communities, he tends buffalo, horses, and ancient cattle breeds, working to preserve both biodiversity and cultural heritage. This film captures his mission to protect a unique landscape while reminding us of the timeless connection between humans, animals, and nature. 

A group of students from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv stages a theater performance. Trying to escape their daily routine, these young people try their hand at acting for the first time. After countless hours of preparation - and with no idea “how it should be done” - will their debut live up to their expectations? 

his is a story about a guy who goes to the forest to release the pain and fatigue that has accumulated due to living in a busy city and a relationship crisis. Because of the war, his girlfriend went abroad and fell in love with another man. He cannot accept this and tries to change something, but he has neither the strength nor the ability to do so. Trips to nature gradually calm him down and allow him to see the situation with different eyes... 

A film essay dedicated to Ukrainian filmmaker and war veteran Ruslan Ganushchak. 

Over 70 Ukrainian and international filmmakers and media persons were killed in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Here are 10 one-minute stories about ten of them. These episodes are parts of the "Last shooting" cycle of the 2023 Ukrainian Oscar series "Ukraine on Fire 2" (Best Ukrainian Film series 2023). They are primarily created based on unique private videos.