Image from "U Are the Universe", 2024
U Are the Universe
Director: Pavlo Ostrikov
Festival: 2025 Utopia Festival
Country: Ukraine
Year: 2025
Cast: Wolodymyr Krawtschuk, Leonid Popadko, Alexia Depicker
Rights:
Language: Ukrainian / French
Length: 101 minutes
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Science FictionSpace
Supernova
Summary:
A Ukrainian science-fiction film that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The story follows Andriy, a cynical, misanthropic, and world-weary space trucker and astronaut who one day witnesses the destruction of Earth from orbit. At first, he chooses to spend his remaining time celebrating solitude, accompanied only by a witty AI robot named Maksym. Then, he intercepts a faint transmission from a woman named Catherine – proof that he is not the last person alive. Their conversations rekindle curiosity, longing, and perhaps even love. Determined to reach her, Andriy embarks on a poetic, humorous, and deeply moving cinematic journey