Vitalii Azhnov

There Will Be People

The series is built in the form of saga and depicts the turbulent periods of the beginning of the 20th century through the eyes of ordinary people: the First World War, the revolution, the emergence of Soviet regime. Each of the characters faced the changes in their own way through their concept of truth. However, all of them shared fundamental desire to live, love and find their own place in the new era.

Hutsul Girl Ksenia

1939. A young Ukrainian-American man Yaro comes to the Carpathian Mountains, because his father left him a fortune under the condition that he would marry a Ukrainian girl. There Yaro meets a Hutsul girl Ksenya and has to rethink his plan.

Battle for Sevastopol

The story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.

December Tale

Little boy Artem with his parents recently moved from a big city to a small Carpathian village. Holidays are coming and, like all children, Artem is waiting for St. Nicholas. And one day Nicholas appears in front of him by his own person. But in fact he's not Saint at all, under his guise an ordinary thief hides himself. Artem and his friends will show all their courage, ingenuity and agility to expose the villain.

Coffee with Cardamom

Morena

Anya and her beloved Yurko come to visit the girl’s parents in the Ukrainian Carpathian village in the summer. At the Ivan Kupala celebration, a local heartthrob named Ivanka, nicknamed Morena, puts her eye on and charms him. Strange and mystical events begin to happen to lovers after meeting with Morena. A conflict breaks out between girls – their relationship turns into a desperate war that leaves blood in their wake. This feud will forever change them.

Malevych

What stands behind the Black Square, painted in 1915 by the obsessive artist Kazymyr Malevych? For his competitors, a fraud, for the Soviet regime, a secret code, for one woman, a love letter, for the people of Ukraine – a prophecy…

To Believe

The film takes place among the prisoners in the camp, who are secretly praying and being bullied by the guards. At the same time, the screen shows the lives of believers who, while remaining in the Vinnytsia region, continue their quiet struggle for faith. Based on real events.

Echoes of the Silenced Carol

The Vertep Imp embarks on a journey through memory, through the darkness of censorship and arrests, to restore the voices of young and audacious dissidents, together with new, unexpected friends.