
Waves of Bakota
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In the 1980s residents of Bakota and dozens of other villages were evicted by the Soviet authorities, forcing them to destroy their houses and farms with their own hands. Now there is a scenic canyon on this place and just married people take photos there. Eevery day Taras Horbnyak, the main character, comes to this place to see where his village used to be. Taras works as a guide - he willingly tells tourists the history of his land, which turned into the water.
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- Ukrainian
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BulgariaBG
- PremiereOKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Bulgarian Edition9 Oct 2025
UkraineUA
- PremiereStara Ushytsia (Khmelnytskyi Oblast), premiere screening5 May 2025
- TVSuspilne17 May 2025
- Digital / OTT7 Jun 2025
- PremiereOKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Ukrainian Edition12 Sept 2025
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Waves of Bakota was released on 5 May 2025.
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