(Re)Covered Memory

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 documentary essay-video diary of the film's author's feelings, in which she documented her emotional states during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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?