Five Years and One Day

An orphan named Nikolay Najdenov went through the hell of the war in Afghanistan and the horrors of captivity. From now on he is a US citizen and his name is Nick McCann. In the US he has a family and new life, but in his country of birth, Ukraine, there are still some unpaid bills remaining, so the tough American boy goes back to his home country, where he learns about the death of his best friend, and soon after that his friend's wife got killed, too. Naydenov decides to revenge their death...

At the heart of the film is the story of a young talented artist Kiril, in whose fate persistently puts a weapon in his hand instead of a brush. Demanding from him the life of a warrior, not a painter.

TV version of the stage play. This is a specific comedy, where myth and reality have equal power, where radioactive humor borders on the truth of our lives, where potatoes are a delicacy, and "condensed" is simply fantastic.

It’s the 1st of September, a sunny and joyful day in Pripyat. Children are going to school, and the builders, engineers, and supervisors of yesterday are sharing their thoughts about the future of the city and the newly built power station. Mr. Kizima, head of construction at Chornobyl, speaks about the city planning process, and Mr. Voloshko, head of the city executive committee, speaks about the creation of recreational areas for workers. The main architect, Mr. Oleshko, talks about the construction of the local swimming pool, and the head doctor, Mr. Leonenko, gives an ironic overview of the problems of high birth rates in the Atomohrad.

The documentary explores Ukrainian humor as a folk tradition.