NASHE OKO Short Film Competition 2024

And that’s for this Christmas, 2024

Director: Peter Vulchev
Country: Bulgaria

While preparing the details for his own funeral, an elderly man realises that he will be celebrating Christmas alone. Unable to fall asleep, he decides to spend the holiday at the grave of his deceased wife.

Ballad of Ferris the Self-appointed Knight and Smokie the Fire Breathing Dragon, 2024

Director: Penko Gelev
Country: Bulgaria

The village blacksmith Ferris decides to become a knight and thus change his fate. The encounter with Smokie the fire-breathing dragon will help him to make deep conclusions about his own life and the importance of friendship.

Blackthorn Blossom, 2023, - Non-Fiction

Director: Olga Stuga
Country: France, Ukraine

Between the present and the past, war and peace, Sashko and Galia navigate their stormy retirement together.

COMMA, 2023, - Animated

Director: Sonia Leliukh
Country: Germany, Ukraine

At a busy train station, a human with an ever-exploding head stumbles upon an old newspaper. his discovery opens a portal to a world of different stories, all intertwined by a shared theme: the war in Ukraine. Despite the war's impact, each story depicts people living normally, dancing, walking their dogs, and engaging in peaceful activities. Although their lives have been altered, they persist and strive to find meaning in a world where a missile attack can ruin your house daily.

Damore - About Love, 2023, - Fiction

Director: Nicola Zambelli
Country: Bulgaria

In the northern Bulgarian Balkan Mountains, a group of elderly women is waiting for the rain. The rain will come in the form of a young girl dressed in white. They will take care of her, as one cares for the youth of the past, until the awakening of the world.

! (Exclamation Mark), 2023, - Non-Fiction

Director: Orest Smilianets
Country: Ukraine

A former Wehrmacht barracks now serves as a refugee camp for people from Ukraine. Waking up in silence accompanies the children on their journey, where their own history intertwines with that of the barracks. A moment between past and future, war and silence, departure and arrival, which paints a portrait of Germany’s past and present through the eyes of its young protagonists.

Giorgos Gounaropoulos from Sozopol, 2023, - Non-Fiction

Director: Elisaveta Stantcheva
Country: Bulgaria

Giorgos Gounaropoulos stands as one of the most significant Greek artists of his era. Hailing from the shores of the Black Sea in Sozopol, he departed from his father's home at the dawn of the 20th century, never to return. In her desire to delve into her own heritage, his great-granddaughter embarks on her first visit to the coastal town.

Heart Hug, 2023, - Animated

Director: Rimma Gefen
Country: Israel

The film is based on a true story about the power of human connection and the beautiful bond between an elderly woman named Lilia and her faithful companion, Max, a big orange dog. The film is a story of love, loss, and resilience, reminding us that even in the darkest of times, the connections we create are our strengths.

Hut, 2024, - Non-Fiction

Director: Kate Tiuri
Country: Ukraine

A frank confession of Ukrainian youth who turn to traditional songs, collect ancient symbols, and rediscover the spiritual culture of their people during the great war with russia.

Kalyna Malyna, 2023, - Animated

Director: Pauline Zapolska
Country: Ukraine, Latvia

Two women, physically apart but emotionally connected, express their melancholy through a traditional Ukrainian song.

Mokosh, 2023, - Animated

Director: Anna Dudko
Country: Ukrane

The Sun is breaking into pieces and hard times are coming. In the devastating chaos, Mother Nature gives birth to a new cycle of life.

Mother, 2023, - Fiction

Director: Mariia Felenko
Country: Ukraine

With the beginning of the war, Katya decided to leave her hometown and take her mother. But mother is getting her nails done.

My Dad is a Lightning Researcher, 2023, - Non-Fiction

Director: Iryna Shostak
Country: Ukraine

It is a documentary film reflection, created as a part of the Indie Lab documentary film laboratory. A daughter attempts to decipher and memorize the "universe of her dad", a lightning researcher, whom, as it turned out after his death, she never fully got to know. Neither him nor his lasting legacy. This is her attempt to think about how long our memory lasts about the people who meant something to us, who did something and created something next to us.

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Security Council Presidency, 2024, - Non-Fiction

Director: Kyrylo Naumko
Country: Ukraine

July 8, 2024. Kyiv. "Okhmatdyt" Children's Hospital. The frozen black and white photographs are brought to life by the sounds of the street: the sweeping of broken glass, cries for water and air raid alerts. But what does the UN Security Council Presidency have to do with it?

The Soldier, 2023, - Fiction

Director: Danyl Dedkov
Country: Ukraine

The hero of the russian-Ukrainian war has a classic manifestation of post-traumatic syndrome. Uncontrolled emotional manifestations, isolation, hallucinations, no one wants to have anything to do with him. No one needs him: neither the state nor his relatives. The Soldier's case was of particular interest to a government official who suddenly arrived at the boarding house. After all, the boy's visions are not just hallucinations, they are omens and help to find out the fate of other missing soldiers.

Spirit, 2024, - Non-Fiction

Director: Mariia Khomutina
Country: Ukraine

The story tells about an equestrian rehabilitation center where military personnel come from the war. The soldiers find a connection with the horses and forget about the war for a short moment.

La Terreur, 2024, - Fiction

Director: Mykhal Talkovskyi
Country: Ukraine

A new member of the Cheka receives his first assignment, holding in his hands a warrant to evict a peasant from his hut. The young man, at nineteen years old, must dare to commit murder, and not just one.

Trace, 2022, - Animated

Director: Asparuh Petrov
Country: Bulgaria

А young writer dedicates his nights to hunting entangled phrases with his pen. The moment he is confronted with the pregnancy of his wife his world collapses. Lingering fears and painful memories overwhelm him and he needs to trace the missing piece.

Tutti, 2023, - Non-Fiction

Director: Alla Savytska
Country: Ukraine

They all are between 12 and 17. They all had a home..friends..childhood..music. Until 4 am on February 24, 2022. At that moment, everything crumbles in their lives. Except of music. The world-famous Kyiv children's choir "Shchedryk" is scattered around the world. The only opportunity to be together again is to gather to perform on the greatest stage of the world, Carnegie Hall.

WAR 24, 2023, - Non-Fiction

Director: Tetіana Peresunko, Dmytro Shyshko
Country: Ukraine

It is the authors’ reflection on human choices during the war, created as a part of the Indie Lab documentary film laboratory. The heroes travel from Kyiv to Kharkiv and from Kharkiv to Kryvyi Rih, where they will eventually have to choose what is more important during the war - escaping alone or staying together despite the danger and threat to life.

We Are Home, 2024, - Non-Fiction

Director: Roman Krasnoshchok, Anton Chistyakov
Country: Great Britain, Ukraine

As war ravages their homeland, Ukrainian children flee their homes out of fear. Across the country, young lives are uprooted and transformed overnight. But even amidst devastating loss, the children's resilience and optimism shine through. The voiceover monologue for the film was narrated by Stephen Fry.