To the Victory! (2025)

Original title

За перемогу!

Directed by

Valentyn Vasyanovych

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

Ukraine, Lithuania

Runtime

1h 45m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Roman, a struggling film director living in Kyiv with his teenage son while his wife and young daughter remain in Vienna after fleeing the Russian invasion. It explores how war strains family bonds and friendships, set in a postwar Ukrainian future.

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What happens

To the Victory (Ukrainian: «За Перемогу!», romanized: Za peremohu!) is a 2025 Ukrainian docudrama film written and directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych and co-produced by Volodymyr Yatsenko. The film tells the story of how war affects families and friendships. It takes place in Ukraine's post-war future. Roman, a film director who’s having a tough time, wants to start making movies again. He lives in Kyiv with his teenage son, while his wife and young daughter are in Vienna, to which they escaped when Russia invaded Ukraine. The film had its world premiere in the Platform section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2025, where it won the Platform Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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