Slava (2026)
Слава
Director: Denis Sobolev
Cast: Yurii Khvostenko, Liliya Matviyenko
Set in 1962 Karlsruhe, Germany, a gripping courtroom drama unfolds as former Soviet intelligence operative Bogdan Stashynskii faces prosecution for orchestrating the death of Stepan Bandera, the iconic Ukrainian independence figure who once directed the disbanded Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Rather than allowing the proceedings to become a passive commemoration, advocates Slava and Yaroslav Stetsko intervene, leveraging the public hearing to dismantle Moscow’s clandestine elimination campaigns and confront Western leaders about their systematic disregard for Eastern European dissent. What begins as a standard judicial proceeding evolves into a powerful cinematic indictment of Cold War state violence and international political silence.