06 Jun 2024
Checkpoint Zoo
Checkpoint Zoo documents a daring rescue led by a heroic team of zookeepers and volunteers, who risked their lives to save thousands of animals trapped in a zoo behind enemy lines in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
Kalush Orchestra, or How We Stopped Worrying and Won Eurovision During the War
A documentary story about the participation and victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 by the Ukrainian band Kalush Orkestra.
Top Billed Cast
Oleh Psiuk Self
Tymofii Muzychuk Self
Vitalii Duzhyk Self
Sasha Tab Self
Johnny Dyvnyi Self
Oleksandr Kondratiuk Self
KylymMen Self
Svitlana Muzychuk Self
Roman Muzychuk Self
Ivanna Duzhyk Self
Vadym Duzhyk Self
Valentyn Duzhyk Self
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