Oksana Zhdanova

The First Days

A unique drama anthology series for our time, inspired by true events which happened in Kyiv in the first few weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As the brutal war got underway, every second person left Kyiv. Yet every second person remained. These are their stories – variously moving, funny, sad, stark, unsettling, and uplifting.

I Work at the Cemetery

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.

Oxana

July 23, 2018. An important date for ex-FEMEN leader Oxana Chatchko - the opening of her exhibition of blasphemous icons. So begins a day of wandering across Paris. Amidst encounters with lovers and an art critic, and an appointment to confirm her political refugee status, memories of her past as a feminist activist, and the traumas and betrayals suffered during her fight, resurface. Can she reawaken her desire to live?

Morshyn's 11

Everyone knows that Morshyn was built on a meteorite crash site, which is rich in a rare metal osmium. Wanting to earn easy money, Snizhana decides to deceive everyone and take possession of a valuable object. Anything could have happened if 11 children from Morshyn had not gotten in her way. Uniting into a single front for the sake of a greater goal, they start fighting injustice

I Am Illusion

We think that we know people with whom we communicate all our lives, we know who they are and what they are capable of. But these are just images that we have drawn in our heads that have nothing to do with reality. You can never be completely sure which person is in front of you, what her weaknesses are, and how many personalities she hides in herself. Human is an illusion.

My Young Prince

Pole - a mentally ill 17-year-old - lives in a luxurious estate, leads a profligate lifestyle and shows an unhealthy affection for his mother Sofia. Soon in the life of Pole and Sofia appear a young boy Antuan and his father Mark. Pole has a relationship with Antuan, and Sofia with Mark. But no matter how successful everything seems to be, the appearance of Antuan and Mark leads everyone to tragedy.

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