Ihor Koltovskyi

Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of just what is going on. Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some manage to wield authority over others. Even the most innocent victims may have their turn at taking charge. Ukraine's official 2022 Oscar submission.

Based on a true story, a commander is jailed in Josef Stalin’s Gulag in 1947. The prisoners then plot the first uprising and escape in Soviet history.