TIAFF 2025: The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine

While Russia continues to turn Ukrainian cities to dust, Ukraine’s leading architects are already building upwards and advanced new buildings are rising again as symbols of hope. The film follows five architects on their determined journeys to continue building during wartime, as they seek a new people-focused identity for Ukrainian architecture. We also see students from the Kharkiv School of architecture as they start on their journeys as young architects & prepare for their future in rebuilding Ukraine. The work of these architects underscores the vital role of having a strong vision – because for them, hope is not merely wishful thinking. Instead, Ukraine’s architects reveal that hope is the essential step in first imagining the future, before you can then strive forwards to create that better world you want to live in.