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OKO RETROSPECTIVE & SPOTLIGHT 2025
[Retrospective]
Krasna Malanka, 2013
Director: Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk
Country: Ukraine
As the Malanka holiday nears, the Romanian community in the Ukrainian village of Krasna prepares for celebration. For locals—and especially young men—it’s a deeply meaningful event, serving as a key rite of passage into adulthood.
We Will Not Fade Away, 2023
Director: Alisa Kovalenko
Country: Ukraine, Czech Republic, France, Poland
For five teenagers from war-torn Donbas, a Himalayan expedition offers a rare escape. A portrait of a generation that, despite everything, still knows how to recognise and cherish the fragile beauty of life.
[Spotlight – Gennady Kofman & Magika Films]
Ivan’s Land, 2021
Director: Andrii Lysetskyi
Country: Ukraine
Ivan Prykhodko is one of Ukraine’s last folk artists—self-taught, rural, and devoted to creating honest, naïve art. When he’s invited to exhibit at the country’s top exhibition centre, he must choose between the silence of village life and the noise of the city.
National Museum, 2021
Director: Andriy Zahdanskyi
Country: Ukraine, USA
A cinematic portrait of the National Art Museum of Ukraine, tracing a journey from Ukrainian Baroque to the avant-garde. The film reflects the evolution of Ukrainian art and echoes the broader history of the country itself.
Pryvoz, 2021
Director: Eva Neymann
Country: Ukraine
Pryvoz is one of the oldest and largest markets in Europe—a place where everyone comes looking for something: some for goods, others for a glimpse of fate. Those who seek miracles, answers, or even a piece of the human soul rarely leave empty-handed.
Bobe Maises, 1993
Director: Olena Kasavina
Country: Ukraine
In a small Jewish shtetl in Podillia, some 200 years ago, life bustles with “funny, sorrowful everyday moments” and age-old traditions. On the eve of Shabbat, a swirl of events unfolds as the prophet Elijah moves unseen, creating miracles—whether believed or not.
Prychynna. The Story of Love, 2017
Director: Andrii Shcherbak
Country: Ukraine
War separates two lovers, but their hearts remain bound. As the young woman loses her mind, love becomes her only anchor—giving her strength to wait for the man she may never see again.
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