ONE DAY I WISH TO SEE YOU HAPPY / ОДНОГО РАЗУ Я ХОЧУ ПОБАЧИТИ ТЕБЕ ЩАСЛИВИМ

Jul 31
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2025 / 81' / documentary / Ukraine, France

Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine, filmmakers Max and Maryna try to hold on to their relationship as everyday life falls apart. Struggling with a midlife crisis, Max becomes obsessed with restoring an old car, turning the painstaking repair into a refuge from uncertainty. To stay close to him, Maryna picks up a camera and begins filming him. Gradually, filming becomes their way of communicating — a fragile language of love, care, and silent confrontation in a world transformed by war.

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DIRECTOR - MARYNA NIKOLCHEVA

Biography

Maryna Nikolcheva is an emerging Ukrainian filmmaker. Initially trained as an architect, after graduating from Maysternia.DOC Serhiy Bukovsky Film Programme in 2017, she turned to documentary filmmaking. In 2020 she founded a course for young artists, Shcrab Visual Arts School, that aims to fill the gap between Ukrainian and European educational systems and help students to find the direction or field they are willing to explore in future. Based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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