National Competition #3

In the dark hours of Kharkiv's curfewed nights, a quiet tension hums through its empty streets. People who work at night navigate both routine and risk as Russia often attacks when residents try to sleep. Their nightly hope is that dawn will arrive quietly.

A satirical mockumentary that explores how war turns into a convenient backdrop for self-promotion, with sensitive topics becoming a mere tool for the filmmakers' careers .

After the owner leaves, a cat conflict begins to brew in the apartment, passions flare up, and it is unknown what this will lead to.

In eastern Ukraine, a group of newly mobilized men arrives at the training grounds of the 225th Assault Regiment. Only weeks earlier, they were living ordinary civilian lives. Now they must learn to carry weapons, move as a unit, obey orders, endure cold, exhaustion, mud, fear, and adapt to the unfamiliar language of war. At first, they are little more than strangers brought together by circumstance.

On Easter Sunday in Kyiv, two soldiers from the army recruitment office drive slowly through the streets, watching men who might be called to serve. Their search leads them to a young man who has stepped out only to buy food for his cat. He may try to avoid their gaze, but yet on this holy day, nothing is as simple as it first appears.