CREATORS’ STATEMENT Yuriy Dvizhon, Ljosha Chashchyn, Anastasiia Alieksieieva: “Each of us connects our future with Ukraine. And everyone understands that we can now influence what this future can be, in what country the next generations will live and develop. Will they be able to dedicate themselves to exploring the world, learning, growing? Will they be forced to fear and struggle? We want them to be able to express themselves freely, to love themselves and others without fear. When Ukraine wins the war, society must change, but these changes must begin now. Already now it is necessary to build a country where everyone is different, but everyone is equal, the foundation of which is acceptance, understanding and security. This project is our small contribution to a big common cause. We are very grateful to our heroes who openly spoke about their identity, their path, we are grateful to our partners that supported this project. We are grateful to everyone who has been fighting for equal rights in Ukraine for years. And we will always be grateful to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the opportunity to be free and to just be.

Yuriy Dvizhon was born in Ternopil in 1993 and graduated with a BA in film and television arts from the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts in 2015. He began his career as an assistant director on a documentary series about Ukrainian and international celebrities in 2011. He created music videos for over five years and wrote and directed the LGBTQ+-themed television documentaries Don’t
 Hide
 Your 
Eyes
 1 
&
 2
 (2018; 2019). In 2019, Dvizhon received the Top 30 Under 30 Award from the Kyiv
 Post
 for his contribution to the development of Ukrainian society. In 2021, he started to direct films for the renowned Ukrainian fashion brand FROLOV. The following year, he created Pride 
Is 
Not 
Available
 in 
Your Region, a social-awareness campaign video that was shown at and won praise from many LGBTQ+ film festivals around the world. He is currently working on a six-episode drama series based on this project.