Ukraine

From the silent masterpieces of Oleksandr Dovzehnko and the radical romances of Kira Muratova, to post-Soviet features exploring the nation’s resilient identity: explore classic and contemporary films from Ukraine.

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Films from this region

Conscience
Conscience
Volodymyr Denysenko’s searing partisan drama is a neglected masterpiece of Soviet Ukrainian cinema
The Stone Cross
The Stone Cross
Leonid Osyka’s brutal and poetic vision of Ukrainian village life on the brink of change.
Volcano
Volcano
This absurdist comedy sees an uptight translator stranded in a madcap town on the Ukrainian steppe.
Annychka
Annychka
Borys Ivchenko’s wartime melodrama is charged with vivid, folkloric intensity.
The White Bird Marked with Black
The White Bird Marked with Black
Yuri Ilyenko’s folk-modernist classic offers a vivid vision of Ukraine’s borderlands at war.
Spring on Zarechnaya Street
Spring on Zarechnaya Street
Khutsiev’s classic charts the romance between a teacher and factory worker in 1950s Ukraine.
Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm
Dziga Vertov’s revolutionary hymn to the Donbas is as electrifying and radical as ever.
Mariupolis
Mariupolis
A haunting portrait of Mariupol in the shadow of war from Mantas Kvedaravičius, who died during Russia’s siege of the city.
My Thoughts Are Silent
My Thoughts Are Silent
A sound recordist hunts for an elusive rare bird in this off-kilter Ukrainian dramedy
Atlantis
Atlantis
Valentyn Vasyanovich’s prophetic vision of a devastated post-war Ukraine offers hope amidst the ruins.
Julia Blue
Julia Blue
Romance blossoms between a soldier and a photographer in this touching Ukrainian drama.
This Rain Will Never Stop
This Rain Will Never Stop
This haunting documentary follows a Ukrainian-Kurdish relief worker caught in the cyclical violence of war.
Home Games
Home Games
This Ukrainian documentary follows an aspiring footballer forced to choose between family and the game she loves.
The Long Farewell
The Long Farewell
Muratova’s classic about a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Homeward
Homeward
The struggles of Ukraine’s Crimean Tatars are explored in this father-and-son road movie.
Earth
Earth
Dovzhenko’s masterpiece about rural Ukraine is a highpoint of silent cinema.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Sergei Parajanov’s first masterpiece is a mesmerising reimagining of Ukrainian folklore.
Brief Encounters
Brief Encounters
A love triangle unravels in the striking debut feature from Ukrainian auteur Kira Muratova.
Stop-Zemlia
Stop-Zemlia
Documentary meets fiction in this tender and authentic portrait of teenagers in Ukraine.
Falling
Falling
This tender and unsentimental romance is also a powerful portrait of post-Maidan Ukraine.
The Earth is Blue as an Orange
The Earth is Blue as an Orange
Follow a family as they pursue their dreams in a war-zone in Ukraine.
My Joy
My Joy
Past ghosts clash with the present in this bitterly funny road movie.
Love’s Berries
Love’s Berries
This bawdy silent comedy sees a barber trying to rid himself of his illegitimate daughter.
Flights in Dreams and Reality
Flights in Dreams and Reality
Sergei sums up his life and nothing brings joy. So, what to do?