TOP 10 UKRAINIAN FILMS

2021
IMBD VERSION
 10. SALT FROM BONNEVILLE
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• UKRAINIAN TITLE: СІЛЬ З БОННЕВІЛЮ
• GENRE: DRAMA: SPORT: DOCUMENTARY
• RELEASED: MARCH 30, 2021
• DIRECTOR: SIMON MOZGOVYI
• THE STORY IS ABOUT NAZAR AND MAX, TWO GUYS FROM UKRAINE, AND AN
OLD SOVIET BIKE, AND THE AMBITIOUS GOAL THEY SET THEMSELVES TO
BEAT THE WORLD SPEED RECORD AT THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS IN UTAH,
USA. THIS DRY SALT DESERT IS THE MEETING POINT FOR HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ON THEIR QUEST TO BECOME THE NEXT SPEED RACING CHAMPION. NAZAR
AND MAX SPEND ALL THEIR TIME ASSEMBLING THEIR BIKE IN A SMALL
GARAGE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KYIV, TRAVELLING HUNDREDS OF MILES
AND OVERCOMING COUNTLESS OBSTACLES TO MAKE THEIR DREAMS COME
TRUE. AND THEN, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, THEY BOTH COME TO
 9. I WORK AT THE CEMETERY
7,6

• UKRAINIAN TITLE: Я ПРАЦЮЮ НА ЦВИНТАРІ

• GENRE: DRAMA
• RELEASED: JUNE 1, 2021
• DIRECTOR: ALEXEY TARANENKO
• SASHA MANAGES A FIRM THAT INSTALLS TOMBSTONES AT THE LOCAL
CEMETERY. HIS MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED
PERSONAL TRAGEDIES, BUT HE IS FULL OF CYNICISM. ONE DAY,
SASHA'S 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER APPEARS TO BRING HIM BACK
INTO HER LIFE.
 8. AS FAR AS POSSIBLE
7,7
• UKRAINIAN TITLE: МАЙ ДАЛЕКО - МАЙ ДОБРЕ
• GENRE: DOCUMENTARY
• RELEASED: OCTOBER 7, 2021
• DIRECTOR: GANNA IAROSHEVYCH
• THIS IS A STORY OF A YOUNG GERMAN MAN, MICHEL, WHOSE DREAM IS TO
LEAD A SIMPLE LIFE FAR FROM CIVILIZATION. HE LIVES IN THE UKRAINIAN
MOUNTAINS AND TAKES CARE OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS - WATER
BUFFALOES. AFTER 10 YEARS OF BEING A LONER, MICHEL FALLS IN LOVE
WITH VERA, A WOMAN FROM HIS HOMETOWN IN GERMANY, WHO HAS TWO
SMALL KIDS FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP. MICHEL MOVES BACK TO
GERMANY AND TRIES TO CREATE A NEW FAMILY WITH VERA. IN THE END
MICHEL HAS TO DECIDE - IS LOVE WORTH A BROKEN DREAM?
 7. IVAN'S LAND
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• UKRAINIAN TITLE: ЗЕМЛЯ ІВАНА
• GENRE: DOCUMENTARY
• RELEASED: MARCH 31, 2021
• DIRECTOR: ANDRII LYSETSKYI
• IVAN PRYKHODKO IS ONE OF THE LAST FOLK ARTISTS IN UKRAINE. HE IS
SELF-TAUGHT, LIVES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES
FROM UNDER HIS BRUSHES IS NAIVE AND HONEST ART. IVAN'S PERCEPTION
OF THE WORLD, HIS INNER LIFE, IS FULL OF BEAUTY AND JOY. ONE DAY
IVAN'S PAINTINGS ARE REQUESTED FOR AN EXHIBITION AT THE ART
ARSENAL, THE COUNTRY'S MAIN EXHIBITION CENTER. WILL HE EXCHANGE
HIS SMALL VILLAGE HUT FOR THE GLAMOROUS CITY LIFE AND THE
COMPANY OF ART CRITICS AND AGENTS?
 6. PULSE
8

• UKRAINIAN TITLE: ПУЛЬС

• GENRE: DRAMA: SPORT
• RELEASED: JULY 22, 2021
• DIRECTOR: SERGII CHEBOTARENKO
• THE FILM'S PLOT IS BASED ON A REAL STORY OF OKSANA
BOTURCHUK, A UKRAINIAN TRACK-AND-FIELD ATHLETE AND
PARALYMPIC CHAMPION OF 2008, FIVE-TIME SILVER AND
BRONZE WINNER AT SUMMER PARALYMPICS OF 2008, 2012 AND
2016.
• UKRAINIAN TITLE: РОЗИ. ФІЛЬМ-КАБАРЕ
• GENRE: DOCUMENTARY: MUSICAL 5. ROSES. FILM-CABARET
• RELEASED: MARCH 27, 2021 8,6
• DIRECTOR: IRENA STETSENKO
• ROSES. FILM-CABARET IS A DOCUMENTARY CINÉMA VÉRITÉ, FOLLOWING
DAKH DAUGHTERS - AN INTELLECTUAL FREAK CABARET BAND, CREATED
BY SEVEN ACTRESSES UNDER THE ROOF OF KYIV EXPERIMENTAL
CONTEMPORARY THEATER DAKH. THE VIDEO DIARY SPANS ALMOST FIVE
YEARS, FOLLOWING DAKH DAUGHTERS SINCE THEIR FIRST SHOW, TITLED
'ROSES' - AFTER THEIR FIRST POPULAR SONG 'ROZY / DONBAS', WRITTEN
LONG BEFORE DONBAS REGION BECAME THE WAR-TORN ZONE OF THE SO
CALLED 'RUSSIAN SPRING'. ROSES. FILM-CABARET IS ABOUT BEING AN
ARTIST UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS OF THE PAIN AND LOSS, REALIZING
THAT DURING THE WAR A NATURAL SELF-DEFENSE WOULD BE CREATION - IN
TERMS OF THE ART AS WELL AS MOTHERHOOD. FILM PRESENTS A SPECIAL
TAKE ON THE MAIDAN REVOLUTION, AS WE ARE FOLLOWING THE EVENTS
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE FEMALE ARTISTS, THROUGH WOMEN'S EYES.
LIFE IS A CABARET FOR THE CHARACTERS OF THE FILM, SO ROSES IS A FILM-
CABARET, WHERE MUSIC HARDLY STOPS, PACE NEVER SLOWS, AND ACTING
BECOMES SOMETHING GENUINELY SINCERE. WE SEE THROUGH DAKH
 4. HER NAME WAS FANNY
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• UKRAINIAN TITLE:
• GENRE: CRIME
• RELEASED: MARCH 1, 2021
• DIRECTOR: ALENA DEMYANENKO
• FANNY WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, GOT
INVOLVED WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE AND GOT PUNISHED FOR
BELIEVING IN THEM. THIS IS HER STORY.
 3. MAGNIFICUS
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• UKRAINIAN TITLE: MAGNIFICUS. ДУМА ПРО

ПРАВО
• GENRE: DOCUMENTARY; BIOGRAPHY; HISTORY
• RELEASED: MAY 20, 2021
• DIRECTOR: VYACHESLAV BIHUN
A PORTRAIT OF A LEGENDARY UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR WHO INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF
LAWYERS.
 2. BROTHER IVAN
• UKRAINIAN TITLE: БРАТ ІВАН 10
• GENRE: DOCUMENTARY; SHORT;
BIOGRAPHY
• RELEASED: MAY 19, 2021
• DIRECTOR: VYACHESLAV BIHUN
• A TOUCHING SISTERLY PORTRAIT OF
IVAN CHENDEJ, THE SCREENWRITER
OF THE LEGENDARY "SHADOWS OF
FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS".
1. EYES OPEN
10

• UKRAINIAN TITLE: З ВІДКРИТИМИ

ОЧИМА
• GENRE: DOCUMENTARY; SHORT
• RELEASED: SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
• DIRECTOR: VYACHESLAV BIHUN
• A FILM ABOUT A BITTERSWEET AND
HUMAN-DEPENDENT FATE OF A
RABBIT.