When the Trees Fall

Five-year-old Vitka and her teenage cousin Larysa both yearn for a life beyond the archaic rules and restricting confines of their small, godforsaken Ukrainian village. Despite her family's staunch objections, Larysa falls wildly in love with Scar, a handsome ex-convict. Hoping to leave their troubled past behind, the two plot their escape. Scar agrees to take on a criminal job in the city. Larysa, meanwhile, fends off an arranged marriage and awaits his return.

• Marysia NikitiukDirector
• Alexandar PejovskiOriginal Music Composer
• Marysia NikitiukScreenplay
• Mykyta MoiseievOriginal Music Composer

• Anastasiia PustovitLarysa
• Sofia KhalaimovaVitka
• Maksym SamchykScar
• Maria SvizhinskaOstapivna
• Alla SamoilenkoTamara
• Yevhenii HryhorievKostik
• Petro PastukhovVityulya
• Mariia TrepikovaLenka
• Aelita NazarenkoNastya
• Volodymyr BezdomnikovYukhym
• Volodymyr DzhuraBurtya
• Oleksandr BalabanRybnadzor