Original title: Svitliachky
Copyright: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, 2005.
Format: short feature
Carrier: DVD
Color: color
Length: 36 min.
Original language: Ukrainian and Russian
English subtitles: yes

Film crew
Director: Nadia Koshman
Writer: Nadia Koshman
Cinematographer: Oleksander Kryshtalovych
Artistic designer: Yulian Tykhonov
Producer: Svitlana Stepanenko, the Kinematohrafist Studio

Film cast
Myroslav Bilonohyi as Sirozhka, Irena Kruchyna as Katia, Liubov Kub’yuk as grandma, Mark Belorusets as grandpa Lionka, Lilia Nahorna as Katia’s mother, Natalka Kononchuk and Ruslan Sokolnyk as Sirozha’s parents, Oksana Haivas as shop-assistant.


Synopsis
A city boy Sirozhka is taken for the summer to his grandmother's place in the countryside. There, he discovers the Ukrainian village with its distinct rhythm of life, customs, and its quiet irresistible beauty. Most importantly he befriends a local girl Katia. As is often the case with urban Ukrainian children, Sirozhka speaks Russian while Katia - Ukrainian. Language difference notwithstanding the two kids quickly become attached to each other and create a kind of a toy family with a doghouse serving as their toy house. The summer comes to an end and Sirozhka has to part with Katia.