As It Was (2023)

Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year after the start of the war in Ukraine. Lera does not feel well in Berlin and makes an impulsive decision to go to Kyiv, for the first time during the war. On the way to Kyiv, she learns that her family is not in Kyiv, and will come only the next day. Therefore, she meets her friend Kyryl, with whom she spends the day, as she used to before the war. In the morning, Lera meets her mother and sister, and finally feels at home. But she still doubts whether she will stay in Kyiv or go back to Berlin.

Released May 26, 2023 15 min None+

Genres: Drama, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short

Watch Providers: Kanopy

Production Companies: EXA Studio, Lizart Film

Country: Ukraine
Production Countries: Poland, Ukraine
Languages: German, English, Ukrainian