A team of ageing Ukrainian cheerleaders hold on to their friendship as each navigates the trauma of war in her own way.

Nice Ladies

My birthday is the brightest day of a year. My birthday always starts at the cemetery.

May 9th

Two loners are running in the park, both are keeping their rhythm and tempo.  Their ways are crossing and the run is becoming something more than the regular change of inhaling and exhaling. However, this run will leave one of them out of breath.

Ardea

Post-Soviet summer camp near Kyiv. Danya (16) prepares a special performance for the visit of his father, who is not living with him for a long time. However, Danya's father arrives earlier than expected and comes to the camp not alone.

Family Hour

Starting from a picture of her apartment in Kyiv, filmmaker Mariia Ponomarova remembers the life she has lived there. In three conversations with her mother and her friends, they reminisce about sleepovers, the view from the window and drunken nights on the rooftop. Through these memories, she begins to reclaim the image of her home.