The Heaven
Heaven is a story of love, an unconditional love the caring (and unpaid) nuns give to unfortunate children. It’s a story about selfless sacrifice in a communist and fiercely materialistic society. The surge in numbers of abandoned handicapped babies started in 1979 when the „one child policy“was introduced in China. Being forced to have only one child, many parents who had a handicapped newborn simply killed or abandoned it and tried to have a healthy one, as children are expected to take care of their parents when they grow old.
There's no shooting in Kyiv
Conflict in eastern Ukraine is part of Ukrainian everyday live. You don't have to live in the war zone to be confronted with the war. Camouflage-dressed youths at train stations, internal migrants and poverty - that is just one side of it. On the other side war also brought a sense of belonging to the others, to weaker people, to homeland. In the country has emerged alternative way for insufficient social system. Many communities and volunteers substitute state social work so help can be found in many unexpected places. In the pizzeria, christian center or dogshelter. The film is a social travelogue about self-sufficiency, hope and will - small visit into several human microcosms.