Oleksandr Ivanov

Following the retreat of Russian forces, Heorhiy and Yaryna return to their home in Ukraine and attempt to recover from the lingering trauma left by the conflict. In the unsettling form of a live grenade hidden behind the fridge, the director introduces the ghosts of war into a seemingly safe space as the couple's perception of reality begins to crumble around them. A defiant slap in the face to the absurdity of war.

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Zhenya Horobchik is a Kyiv photographer originally from Zhashkiv who is much loved by women. He is looking for a job, but accidentally finds a new love. Zhenya already has a wife and a son, and an ex-wife and a bunch of problems. He's torn between them and decides he'd rather be under a train than go on like this.

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In one continuous shot, SHTTL shows the lives, loves, and inner conflicts within a Yiddish speaking shtetl on the border between Ukraine and Poland - one day before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

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A photographer from the criminal forensics department, Arystarkh, dreams of building a career as a professional art photographer.

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Misha and Sonia are left at home again without their parents, but this time with a nanny. Meanwhile, the bandits from the first film escape from the prison.

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