1. Region of Heroes (Область героїв)
Film reconstruction of five real stories about the heroic deeds of the residents of Kyiv region during the Russian occupation. A story about those who heroically and selflessly saved tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
2. Mariupolis (Mariupolis)
The city of Mariupolis is by the Azov sea. It is also on the river Kalmius. Most of the city’s residents, half a million according to the last census, are working for the steel factory and do fishing, for leisure or food, in between shifts. The orthodox church towers above the city and its newly build bronze domes are sitting next to it, waiting to be donned. A tent near by is sheltering a crying icon, which receives a steady flow of visitors.
It has an average vote of 7.222 on TMDB.
3. A Cage for Two (Клітка для двох)
Documentary offers a look at the historical development, establishment and artistic transformations of the Ukrainian Circus as a cultural phenomenon of the 20 century.
4. Poland: A Nation under Stress (Polen an der Grenze)
In the run-up to parliamentary elections in mid-October, Polish filmmaker Marcin Wierzchowski travelled across his country to gauge the atmosphere in a society that is more divided than ever.
5. Weaving Way (Ткацький шлях)
A full, bright, and inspiring documentary about folk weaving as a part of the Ukrainian cultural heritage. Is a story about Ukrainian identity, understood through the aesthetics of various weaving products and their use in rituals. The film consists of 8 novel-episodes, each of which tells about a variety of folk weaving .
6. Lobanovskiy Forever (Лобановський назавжди)
In 1975 Dynamo Kiev became the first Soviet team to win a major European trophy. The team’s rapid rise was remarkable and attributed to one man: Valeri Vasilievich Lobanovskyi. His technique as a manager is now the stuff of folklore - not least for his imposing a fitness regime so brutal that his players looked upon the matches themselves as relaxing.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
7. Spell Your Name
Survivors tell the story of the Babyn Yar massacre from WWII, where some 100,000 people were massacred by German forces.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. Poor-Land (Bieda-Ziemia)
A documentary about unemployed workers in Walbrzych, Poland.
9. Skating-rink in the Royal Baths (Ślizgawka w Łazienkach)
The film was about a group of Polish ice skaters at the slide of the Warsaw Ice Skating Society. The film was filmed using a pleograph which was an early type of the movie camera invented by Kazimierz Prószyński.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
10. Ukraine's Soul - A Tribute to Heroes (Ukraine's Soul - A Tribute to Heroes)
Documentary about Ukrainian heroes and others who keep making music in the harshest conditions, to lift people's spirits during the war with Russia. Shot on location in Ukraine, Russia, and Poland.
11. Plasticine Dreams (Пластилінові мрії)
In the polyphony of voices, a search for home unfolds. What is home? What is its purpose? Is there anything bigger than home? What are the sounds, colours, and smells that let it live in our memory? The collective and the individual is expressed through the voices of those who lost it in the Russian war in Ukraine. Associations, memories, meanings: four letters, four hundred things between them — home.
12. Stones in Cold Water
Filmed throughout Ukraine just months before the full-scale Russian invasion, this vérité visual ethnography explores the overlaps of memory, hope, progress, and nostalgia at the scale of everyday life.
13. The Hitler–Stalin Pact (Le Pacte Hitler-Staline : autopsie d'un cataclysme)
How could Hitler and Stalin, sworn ideological enemies, come to a secret pact in 1939? The captivating and detailed story of the diplomatic fiasco that led to the signing of the Nazi-Soviet pact and its devastating consequences.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
14. 20 Days in Mariupol
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
It has an average vote of 8.144 on TMDB.
15. Poliske Nets (Поліські тенета)
Poliske was contaminated with radioactive material after the 1986 Chornobyl disaster. Soviet authorities did everything they could to erase the ancient history of this town, and after Chornobyl, they destroyed its future.
16. Ukraine-Poland: The Border of Solidarity (Ukraine-Pologne: la frontière de la solidarité)
Since 24 February 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, several million refugees have already been taken in by Poles. In the Lublin region, near the Bug River, which marks the border with Ukraine and Belarus, farmers, shopkeepers, a photographer, and a teacher tell how their daily lives have been transformed by the outbreak of this war.
17. In the back of history - The lost villages of Masuria (Im Rücken der Geschichte - Die verlorenen Dörfer von Masuren)
In September of 2017 German writer and director Daniel Raboldt accompanied a group of German and Polish scientists and students into the woods of Masuria, Poland. The expedition aimed to find traces of the so-called "lost villages", left by the Masurians around 1945 by the end of the Second World War. Today only some of the old graveyards can be found deep in the woods of the beautiful Masurian landscape. The documentary "In the back of history - The lost villages of Masuria" shows the students at their work in the historic archives and in the woods. How conclusive can this kind of historic research be? How much can we really learn by looking through old files or other sources? And what can we learn from the vanishing of the Masurians? Do we face similar problems today? The film dives deep into themes like the rise of nationalism and identity and uncovers the tragic end of a population that was asked one simple question in the early 20th century: Stay or Leave?
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
18. Crimea. The Stolen Peninsula (Крим. Вкрадений півострів)
Documentary film about war crime — annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
19. Crimea. As It Was (Крим, як це було)
The film is a story about the officers, soldiers and seamen who did not betray their oath of loyalty to the people of Ukraine and their first hand accounts about Russia's invasion and annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. They continue to fulfill their military obligations on land, on sea and in the air today.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
20. Half the Town (Die Hälfte der Stadt)
What connects a photograph, the Second World War and a young couple? Set in the town of Kozienice, which was divided between the Polish and the Germans, the film follows Jewish photographer, Chaim Berman, through his family history, political persecution and work.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
