Ukraine | 2022 | Feature Film | 107’ | Original Version with English Subtitles

After spending months as a prisoner in Donbas, Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance expert Lilia returns home to her family. But the trauma of captivity continues to torment her and surface in dreamlike ways. Something growing deep within Lilia will not allow her to forget, yet she refuses to identify as a victim and will fight to liberate herself.

Maksym Nakonechnyi’s feature debut is a harsh and all-too-timely testimony to the warriors of Ukraine and the women fighting for their integrity, their freedom, and their future.

Statement from the curators: “This film shows the female perspective of the russian-Ukrainian war and it feels like one of the most important Ukrainian films about the ongoing war. The director Maksym Nakonechnyi thought this film could be a reflection on all the hard things our country was going through since 2014 but when it was released it became as actual as never before”.