Née à Mariupol, ville située dans une région “russifiée” de l’Ukraine depuis de longues années, Svitlana explore les facettes colonisées de son être. Entourée de trois générations de femmes, elle s’interroge sur la façon dont le totalitarisme soviétique et la “russification” de l’Ukraine ont affecté ses relations familiales. Un voyage émotionnel dans l’Ukraine contemporaine.

Svitlana was born in Mariupol, which has been in the Russified part of Ukraine for a long time. She explores the colonized part of her mind and tries to find answers to the question of how Soviet totalitarianism and Russification affected relations in her family, which consists of four generations of women.

A film about the city that has been lost forever. Originally from Mariupol, the film director Svitlana Lischynska shares her reminiscences and tells a story of her relations with the city. Svitlana meets refugees who fled Mariupol in order to recall together what the city had been like before it was destroyed by Russian troops.

Military actions have been ongoing in the East of Ukraine for 3 years now. From the first days of war in different hot military action zones women are part of the actions and perform military tasks. However, society still retains an ambiguous, stereotypical attitude towards women in the army... Three women-directors narrate about 6 women-soldiers from across Ukraine. Six different stories, nine different perspectives of war and female heroism in it.