Private Project

Someday, you`ll understand everything

The film has already won two awards at the Ukrainian festival COLOfilm — Best Narrative and Best Actress.

Logline:
Separated by war, Olia and Kost fight to keep their family together — she in safety, he on the front line — until one night changes everything.

Synopsis:
Olia and Kost, a young couple from Kherson, are separated by the war. She leaves the occupied city with their little son, while he serves as a sniper on the front line. Their fragile sense of family survives only through short phone calls — each ring a lifeline, proof that Kost is still alive.
In the Carpathian Mountains, Olia builds a fragile everyday for her son, but her calm is pierced when Kost’s voice suddenly falls silent.

  • Olha Yaroslavivna Komanovska
    Director
  • Rodion Vadymovych Volkov
    Director
    The Plane
  • Rodion Vadymovych Volkov
    Writer
    The Plane, Pokrovy
  • Rodion Vadymovych Volkov
    Producer
    The Plane
  • Project Type:
    Short, Television
  • Genres:
    Drama, military drama, family
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 20, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Language:
    Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • ColoFilmFest
    Kolomya
    Ukraine
    July 20, 2025
    Ukraine National Premiere
    Best narrative
  • ColoFilmFest
    Kolomya
    Ukraine
    June 20, 2025
    Ukraine National Premiere
    Best actress
  • Bardak Film Fest
    Kharkiv
    Ukraine
    September 15, 2025
    Finalist
Director Biography - Olha Yaroslavivna Komanovska, Rodion Vadymovych Volkov

Rodion Vadymovych Volkov — Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Founder of the production company MIF, winner of the 19th pitching session of the Ukrainian State Film Agency (Derzhkino) and Onyka Film Award laureate. Head of PR and media at the First Volunteer Surgical Hospital. Author of over 20 scripts, including short and feature-length, fiction and documentary films. Producer of four short films and director of “The Plane” and “Someday You’ll Understand”.

Olha Yaroslavivna Komanovska is a Ukrainian theater and film actress, director, Honored Artist of Ukraine. She studied at the Dnipropetrovsk Theater and Art College, where she entered after a preliminary audition by the artistic council of the Ivano-Frankivsk Theater and on their recommendation. After graduating from the university, she worked as an artist of the Ivano-Frankivsk Academic Regional Music and Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko. Co-founder and head of the Public Organization KinoInvestCenter "MIF" by 2022.

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Director Statement

"Someday, you`ll undestand everything - The Ukrainian Story of Hope" is a poetic film about a modern Ukrainian family caught in the whirlwind of war. No distance can make us forget a loved one who is still fighting. No walls can shield us from the burning pain of separation—a feeling that simultaneously sustains and wounds.

Behind every soldier is the silence of their loved ones, the pause of childhood, the quiet of the kitchen after a phone call. All that remains is the waiting, a voice, a memory, the feeling of a touch from a dear person...

This is a story about all of us—free people. A quiet reminder that we are strong when we are together—like a true family.

War and occupation promise us one cruel word: "never." But the love for the world we are defending, the faith in each other, the hope for reunification and justice give us another word—tender and poignant, like a quiet promise: "one day."

This film is the second part of the future almanac "Home to Each Other"—a manifesto of hope, an artistic form of honoring the memory and feat of free people. It contains 12 stories, 12 commemorative dishes traditionally prepared in Ukraine for the joyous holiday of Christmas. Twelve points of shared pain, memory, dignity, and strength.

"Someday, you`ll undestand everything - The Ukrainian Story of Hope" is dedicated to Kherson. It is a story of love, loss, and waiting—the kind of waiting that both breaks and heals. A story about a family that survived the occupation, and about a connection that endures even after the most devastating phone call.

After February 24th, we found out who we truly are. This film is a thank you to everyone who is defending the Light today.