Despite the war, school life continues in Ukraine, with pupils and teachers striving to continue learning even under constant threat. The film is a mosaic of the everyday lives of teachers and students from different corners of Ukraine.

Even as her nation battles for survival, Olha Stefanishyna, - a young minister - faces the monumental task of securing her country’s future in the EU, giving meaning to that very survival when peace returns.

Two young paramedic women, Cuba and Alaska, live on the edge in the war-torn Kharkiv region. Their mission is to save lives while sharing good humor, and belief in victory.

Men on the streets get chased by stares. Someone’s walking a chihuahua, someone’s out jogging, but everyone’s uneasy glances are fixed at Petro and Andriy — recruitment officers inspecting military documents, holiday or not. When the officers encounter the freelance IT guy, Sashko, the young man has two requests before he’s taken away: that they stop by the store so he can buy food for his cat, and that he is allowed to bless his Easter bread.