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An attempt to question human gaze upon nature, recognize subjectivity of a tree and approach its radical otherness. Film looks into the case of fifteen "winners" of the National Trees of Ukraine competition and explores the image of a tree as reflected in the language of legislation, journalism and poetry.

As Russian troops were crossing into Ukraine, Andrii Bondarenko wrote a play that looks back on a life bookended by conflict. Two weeks after Russia invaded his country, acclaimed playwright Bondarenko focused on the life he has lived. A peaceful childhood had followed bloodshed. And now, in adulthood, he faced the threat that previous generations of his family had witnessed. These thoughts took form in a one-act play, written in response to events as they were unfolding. To accompany this filmed version of the play, directors Myro Klochko and Anatoliy Tatarenko draws on photographs from Bondarenko's life, conjuring up the people who have populated it and, by extension, the people of Ukraine. The result is an act of artistic expression, of remembrance and, ultimately, of resistance.

Dina is a girl who lives in her own special world, in which there is a Birdman - an invisible friend, with whom she shares her experiences, and he responds by playing the accordion. But Dina is in love with a very real neighbor, and today is his birthday. Dina seems determined to act decisively.

It's a love story between one salesgirl of fish and one boy in jail. The only thing what they can do is dreaming about each other.

A short film about the director’s grandma.