Ukraine

Much like the mystical island the film shares its name with Atlantis is a feat of cinema that is hard to come by. The story takes place in 2025, one year after the end of the devastating war in eastern Ukraine.

Tevye’s Daughters is a 2017 Ukrainian period melodrama directed by Vladimir Lert, a Latvian immigrant. Lert studied direction at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara while simultaneously attending the International Actors School founded by Soviet/Russian actor Alexander Kuznetsov.

The Line is a co-production by Slovakia's Wandal Production and Ukraine's Garnet International Media Group.  It has been chosen as Slovakia’s Foreign Language entry for the Oscars this year.