The first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Fear and uncertainty about what will happen next. Escape from Kiev, which became the main target of Russian troops, to a boyfriend's parents in nearby Irpin. Fear of bombing makes the house a prison from whose suffocating grasp it's impossible to escape. The autobiographical film thus shows that behind all the numbers of evacuees, dead and wounded, there are actual human stories, each one completely changed by the war.
The film won the Best Animation Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival 2025, the Grand Jury Prize for European Short Film at Premiers Plans d'Angers 2025, Best Script award at the Ottawa Animation International Film Festival 2024 and more.
The film is part of The Abyss and can be individually combined with films from Hidden World, What If? and Carousel of Emotions.