Ukrainain Sisterhood
Director Hovannes Khachatrian
Feature-Length Documentary
75′ / broadcast hour
This film explores women’s strength, sensitivity, and mutual support, highlighting sisterhood, gratitude, and impactful efforts through small steps. The narrative centers on Ukrainian Moms in Toronto, an online community with over 14,000 members, and “Leleka” (Stork), a space for the children of newly arrived Ukrainian refugees.
MEMO’94
Director Kornii Hrytsiuk
Feature-Length Documentary
75′
In 1994, Ukraine voluntarily relinquished the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal, becoming a non-nuclear-weapon state under the ‘security assurances’ of the Budapest Memorandum. Nearly 30 years later, Russia, one of the guarantors, has violated every term, leading to a full-scale war. This documentary unveils the behind-the-scenes signing of the Budapest Memorandum through unpublished archives, eyewitness testimonies, and current footage from Ukraine’s former military facilities.
Crimea, 5 AM
Director Dmytro Kostiumynskyi
Feature-Length Documentary
75′
Crimean Tatar women living on their own in the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, along with outsider actresses staging a documentary play based on their experiences, are connected by the duality of their worlds in this documentary about political conflict, human rights, gender roles, cultural identity, and the transformative power of theater and art.
