Honeymoon

February 23, 2022, a small town near Kyiv. Taras and Olia spend the first night in their new apartment. At dawn, they wake up from the explosions. They fail to leave the town on time, meanwhile, the Russian troops arrange headquarters in their building. The couple finds themselves trapped in their flat with no electricity, water, and mobile connection. For the next five days, Taras and Olia will explore the black abyss of real intimacy between two people and face crucial existential questions in mortal danger.

Zhanna Ozirna is a director and screenwriter from Ukraine. She has received numerous awards for her short films, including Anna & Gravity (2020), which won the Jury Special Mention for Best Script at the Interfilm Berlin Script Lab, and Bond (2016), recipient of the Best Ukrainian Film Award at 86 IFF.