About Lina (short film): With a warm, strong and confident voice forty-one-year-old mother Alyona tells the story of her beautiful youngest daughter Lina who together with her family flees the brutal grip of Russian occupation in Kherson. With the help of courageous volunteers, the family travels thousands of miles through hostile Russian territory before finally finding refuge and the idea of peace in a charming village in Ukraine. Yet, the sense of normalcy is deceiving, and the audience witnesses the cruel scars that this war has left on Lina and the emotional breakdown of Alyona as she is confronted with the reality that Lina faces.
Trailer: LinaAbout Checkpoint Zoo (feature film): A gripping documentary set during the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, when Kharkiv's beloved Feldman Ecopark Zoo found itself caught in the crossfire between advancing Russian forces and Ukrainian defenders. Home to over 5,000 animals, the approaching front line left the zoo's creatures trapped in their cages with little food and water, facing starvation and increasing danger as the Russian army approached.

Drawing from first-hand footage, Award-winning filmmaker Joshua Zeman’s Checkpoint Zoo showcases a story of human compassion, bravery, and sacrifice during Ukraine’s darkest hours. shining a light on the best of humanity when it is all too easy to focus on the worst.

Trailer: Checkpoint Zoo