Bogdan Maselko

Twenty-five-year-old Vadym earns a living recording and selling all kinds of different sounds; nevertheless, he’d rather exchange his life in Kyiv for a better future in far-flung Canada. Thus, when he gets a generous job offer which might help him realise his dream, he jumps at the chance; he soon sets off to record the sounds of animals indigenous to Ukraine and also a rare bird native to the Carpathians. The situation proves somewhat more complicated when Vadym’s companion on the trip turns out to be his mother… To the sounds of a synthesized music score, debuting Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich unfolds a visually creative road movie, in which he demonstrates a highly unusual talent for constructing tragicomic situations.

In Vinnytsia, Sasha Motsak was the star of the school in the morning, but by evening, everything went wrong. Eva Horbatyuk is Sasha’s main rival, and she won’t back down until everyone around her acknowledges her as the best. Their struggle becomes the beginning of the teenage coming-of-age story. The students seek answers to questions they cannot discuss with adults, addressing important issues that concern everyone during adolescence. Sex, bullying, learning, and even acne - all this and much more in an honest and realistic series.