Homecoming
Year
2026
Country
Ukraine
Duration
19’
Director
Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk
A few years after fleeing Ukraine, following the Russian invasion, a boy returns home via a robotic dog, his mechanical avatar, which he controls from his room in Poland. Through this remote presence, he relives memories and reconnects with his past — a connection that now depends on a fragile video stream that could be cut off at any moment.
Production
TABOR Production
Sales
Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema (CUC)
Director
Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk
Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk are Ukrainian filmmakers and visual artists working since 2016 at the intersection of documentary and fiction. Their films explore post-imperial memory and the experience of a new generation shaped by war and history. They won the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2020) and the VISIO Young Talent Prize (2021). Their short film Additional Scenes received main awards at Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2024 and the Ukrainian Film Critics Award. Their video works are part of collections at Fondazione In Between Art Film, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Kontakt, TBA21, Frac Bretagne, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, and Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, among others. Khimei and Malashchuk’s most recent installation was presented at the Canicula Exhibition of the 61st La Biennale di Venezia 2026.Filmography
Homecoming (2026), Additional Scenes (2024), Docufiction Explosions Near the Museum (2023), New Jerusalem (2020)Chart shows
11October18:00
сity Zaporizhia
Location: Dovzhenko Cinema
Organizer: Cultprojector NGO
Partner: Zaporizhzhia Youth Centre
12October13:20
сity Zaporizhia
Organizer: Doloni Communication Centre NGO
Partner: Zaporizhzhia Metallurgy Professional College of the Zaporizhzhia National University
13October11:00
сity Zaporizhia
Location: Solone, Pavlivske Village Council of the Zaporizhzhia District
Organizer: Doloni Communication Centre NGO
Partner: Youth Council at the Pavlivske Village Community of the Zaporizhzhia District
14October13:00
сity Zaporizhia
Location: Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University, Science Library
Organizer: Doloni Communication Centre NGO
Partner: Docudays UA Film Club at the Science Library of the Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University
19October14:30
сity Zaporizhia
Organizer: Doloni Communication Centre NGO
Partner: Berdiansk DOCUSpace Film Club
20October00:00
сity Zaporizhia
Location: Zaporizhzhia Regional Universal Science Library
Organizer: Doloni Communication Centre NGO
Partner: Zaporizhzhia Regional Universal Science Library
20October15:00
сity Zaporizhia
Organizer: Doloni Communication Centre NGO
Partner: Branch of the Probation Centre State Institution in Zaporizhzhia Region
23October16:00
сity Dnipro
Organizer: “Azov Human Rights Group” NGO
Partner: “SHELTER PLUS” Charitable Foundation
01November13:00
сity Ternopil
02November18:00
сity Lviv
Location: Lviv Cultural Hub
Organizer: Lviv Municipal Library
Partner: Lviv Cultural Hub
03November10:00
04November14:00
сity Novoukrainka
04November14:00
town Hrymailiv
05November00:00
сity Kherson
07November17:00
village Ivankivtsi
09November10:30
сity Hertsa
09November13:00
сity Zalishchyky
10November11:00
сity Ternopil
10November12:00
town V. Oleksandrivka
10November12:00
сity Zalishchyky
10November14:00
town Hlyboka
11November10:00
village Shylivtsi
11November11:00
town Zavodske
11November12:00
village Kliuvyntsi
11November15:00
сity Uzhhorod
11November15:30
сity Uzhhorod
12November12:00
сity Vynohradiv
12November12:30
сity Vynohradiv
12November13:00
сity Uzhhorod
12November13:00
village Velyki Hai
13November18:00
сity Chernigiv
16November12:00
village Kontsovo
16November12:30
village Kontsovo
17November13:00
сity Vynohradiv
17November13:30
сity Vynohradiv
