Yuliia Cherniavska

Chain-smoking artists, poets and playwrights were among the colourful array of intellectuals living in the ‘Slovo House’ in 1920s Ukraine. The communist paradise was built under Stalin's approval, but it quickly became a prison. The brutal Soviet regime spied on the inhabitants, destroying their eccentric way of life and sealing their fate. This fascinating film explores the extraordinary story of the building and its residents.

As the son of two inmates Hyacinth was always more at home in prison than in the outside world, until he took part in a foot race that promised to change his life.

A 40-year-old loser named Isidoro at the request of his brother drives from Italy to mountainous Carpathian village in Ukraine with a coffin of a diseased Ukrainian worker, who died at a construction site in Italy.

Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built specifically for artists. He comes from the provinces and works as a proof-reader in a printing press, and has never even dreamed of living under one roof with prominent Ukrainian writers and artists. He thinks his own poetry is genius, but nobody takes his literary efforts seriously, not to mention the occasional chuckles over his epigone poems. But fate smiles at him. The head of the political intelligence agency suggests that he become the author of a play written earlier. Akimov agrees, signing a non- disclosure note. The poet has no idea what price he will pay for this success. “‘Slovo’ House” is a story about a generation of Ukrainian artists persecuted by the totalitarian system, unfolding against the backdrop of one of the largest genocides of the 20th century: the Holodomor, which caused the death of almost 7 million people.

Alisa is a successful entrepreneur. She has money and plenty of business matters that constantly demand her attention. And she also has two children — yet hardly any time left for them. Arseniy is a composer, passionately devoted to music. He certainly never imagined he’d have to take care of someone else’s kids. But life happens. And sometimes, people who are so different and seemingly unable to understand each other end up discovering something in common — something that unites them forever.

Rescued and raised by brodnici warriors, son of the King Yurii the Brave suddenly learns one day that he is not just dzhura Ivanko, but a heir to the great dynasty and that he is responsible for leading a decisive battle with the Evil.

Young girl Masha is going to the sea for the fist time in her life.

The documentary tells not only the history of the world-famous National Honored Academic People's Choir of Ukraine - Veryovka Ukrainian National Honoured Academic Folk Choir, which has many national and international awards, but also reveals the syncretism of Ukrainian folklore in modern music video clips of famous Ukrainian folk songs, which will help convey the sensual atmosphere of Ukrainian Ethnicity as vividly as possible. the younger generation and not only.