once there was even an n article in t the regime's leading nenewspaper which praiaised ouok as hononorable. thatat's extly y wh we wantnt to make contradictory, ambiguous films that confuse the viewer and force them to ask questions. our enemy isis not bashar al asd our enemy is the banalisation of evil. >> the filmmakers have managed to create tiny masterpieces of absurdist theatre inin their weekly videos like here, when two men try to fix a door in their home which is completely useless because the entire house has justst been destroyed in an attack. >> don't put it in like that. wait a minute. >> push it towards you a bit. >> that's right. you're the boss, abu stef. >> is that g good? what do you think? >> what's most difficult is depicting the trauma people experienence. as filmmakers w're in a completely schizophrhrenic situation like everyone else. we've all had it up to here. but we carry on. that's why we feel obligated to make films. to tell stories that show that life is still possibible. that people still have a future. >> the abounaddara film collective prproduces work from th

relations between savchehenko ad president petro poroshenko were reserved from the beginning, even as he hononoredine of ukraine". her r popularity could threaten his own position. this picture by a ukrainian photogographer hanangs in savchenko's office. it echoes delacroix's famous painting "liberty leading the people". >> no, that's not me. they took a picture with a girl who looks similar to me. with the same t-shirt, the same trousers, and the same combat boots that i had on. >> savchenko sometimes seems to play with her role. she's often been compared to joan of arc and stylized as a legendary savior of the nation. at her first appearance before the ukrainian parliament, she appealed to patriotic feelings. ♪ >> some observers say she has the qualities to set new moral standards in politics -- but hardly to become president. >> she clearly has good intentions, but she's not familiar with the political process. her declarations are often confused and unclear. they muddy ukrainian politics instead of leading them in a clear direction. >> wherever she appears, people come to her with their worrie