Yelyzaveta Tsilyk

After spending graduation night together, Emma and Dexter go their separate ways — but their lives remain intertwined.

A documentary film in ten parts. It covers the first three weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a time when life was split into “before” and “after” and the problems of strangers became personal. The film is built on video diaries that recreate the experiences of Ukrainians in different wartime conditions — under shelling, in occupation, in bomb shelters, and in forced emigration. The project is based on documentary and artistic texts, poetry, interviews, and chronicles.