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Yelyzaveta Toptyhina

Yelyzaveta Toptyhina (Єлизавета Топтигіна) is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Originally from Odesa region, based in Kyiv. Yelyzaveta graduated from the directing department at the Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary University of Theater, Cinema and Television. She is an alumna of Sarajevo Talents 2026. Working across fiction and hybrid forms, as well as commercials, her work …

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Curfew

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During an expedition, a young photographer miscalculates the time and misses her ride back to the city. At a bus stop, she meets a young man celebrating his birthday. With curfew approaching, the two strangers are forced to spend the night together at a roadside hotel.

Fish

A few years ago, the young mother Vira went abroad in search of a better life, leaving her little son under the care of her grandmother. Today, she returns home, where her relatives don't expect to see her.

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Curfew

MovieDramaComedy

During an expedition, a young photographer miscalculates the time and misses her ride back to the city. At a bus stop, she meets a young man celebrating his birthday. With curfew approaching, the two strangers are forced to spend the night together at a roadside hotel.

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Fish

A few years ago, the young mother Vira went abroad in search of a better life, leaving her little son under the care of her grandmother. Today, she returns home, where her relatives don't expect to see her.

Director