When Will the Warmth Come?

Wartime Kyiv. A father helps his daughter to practice driving. They are the only relatives to each other and have a strong connection, but many disagreements in their opinions. The driving lesson ceases to be ordinary when the father is issued a summons at a checkpoint.

A group of activists is fighting to preserve a historical landmark in the center of Kyiv from a developer. Their struggle is an exact parallel to the fight for memory that took place a century ago, when the soviet government attempted to erase Ukrainian identity.

Basil has been spending his annual vacation in Ukraine for the second year in a row. He comes here to document the lives of ordinary people. Taking photographs and collecting material for his book, he tries to get closer to the locals in cities close to the front line. What motivates a foreigner to leave his peaceful city, spend his savings, and come to an unfamiliar country at war?