Babushka. Lost in Transition
The story about an old woman trapped in Crimea, between Ukraine and Russia. The film shows how harsh political events affect a life of a small individual. The director – the grandson of the woman – observes and explores the social abandonment, family relations and political controversies that surround Babushka. The film is an attempt to find a solution for an aging woman, who doesn’t fit into her environment. Whether Babushka has to stay or to leave.
Myths
This is the story of Sasha and Lydia, two teenagers who live in two small Belarusian village not far from Chernobyl, where a nuclear catastrophe occurred. They did not witness the Disaster, yet they live in a new era, that of post-Chernobyl. They grew up near the Exclusion Zone - one could say it even raised them to live in perfect harmony with a truly unique and mysterious world, full of life yet death, distorted in time. Nonetheless, these two have chosen different paths – not seeing any means of escape, Sasha decided to commit suicide, while Lydia tries to continue her life, aiming to understand the myth that led Sacha, her boyfriend, to a dead-end.