On 24 February 2022, Yevhen, together with his friends, volunteered to join the first aid battalion on the front line. They provided life-saving support and evacuation of the injured. This film reveals the experiences of these young men over six months full of drama, despair, fear, hatred, bitterness, love, and, most importantly, faith in victory. As they left for the front, they sent their families to the rear – to a village in western Ukraine. All of them come to this idyllic place for a couple of days to baptise the nine-month-old son of one of our protagonists. As soon as they rise from the celebratory feast, they have to go back to the front…

Writer / Vitaly Mansky    DoP / Ivan Fomichenko , Yevhen Titarenko    Editor / Andrey Paperny    Sound / Václav Flegl

Screening time

FEB 20 / 21:45 / CinemaxX 7 (press screening)
FEB 22 / 17:30 / CinemaxX 7 (press screenig)
FEB 24 / 13:00 / Akademie der Künste (world premiere)
FEB 25 / 10:45 / International 
FEB 25 / 13:00 / Cubix 5 
FEB 26 / 19:30 / Zoo Palast 3 & 4 & 5

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