"THE CHOICE" produced by KALYNA FILM, the film that won the Toronto International Women's Film Festival, becomes a resonant event in the World

The short film "THE CHOICE" by Kalyna Film, which won the Toronto International Women Film Festival, has clearly become a resonant event in the world.  Not only because the world sees the truth about the war in our country, but also because it reads the comments under the film's trailer on Youtube, which was recently posted by a British resource with over 2 million subscribers.

It is already clear that the film hit the target and caused a "firestorm" among Russians who only saw the trailer and are already insisting that the film not be shown. We can clearly see that in the comments section: "it's not true!", "it's propaganda sponsored by the West", "it simply can't happen", "Russians are not like that". And we would like such content to make the enemy feel extremely uncomfortable on all possible territories, resources and platforms all around the world.

This film is based on real events and is dedicated to the memory of those Ukrainian citizens, who had to be the first to face the enemy face to face.

According to the director Viktoria Melnikova, they tried to be as objective as possible during the production of the film, choosing the form of a fiction film that does not contain the direct, naturalistic horrors of this invasive, insidious war that we all know about.

Production of the film began in March 2023, when massive enemy attacks were underway. The filming took place in the basement, which served as a shelter for the film crew during air raids. In order to accurately recreate the events, military men, who were holding the defense at the Gostomel area, were our consultants behind the scenes.

The film's producer and CEO of the Kalyna Film Halyna Khrapko said that despite the fact that everyone missed their