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Following the 2013 Maidan Revolution in Kyiv, A Rising Fury takes viewers to the front lines of a growing conflict between Ukraine and Russia to witness firsthand a war that is tearing country and family apart.

A Soviet family searching for a modest paradise is swept into the immense Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, recalled through small episodes as Leonid's Story. Screening as part of the Shorts: Long Story Short program.

As her country goes to war, 18 year old Yana puts aside her dreams of becoming a doctor, and creates a national movement that almost costs her her life.