Film Fact: Ukraine

To celebrate the weird and wonderful Eurovision Song Contest, we present weird and wonderful film facts about this year's finalist countries.

“Coming soon on the 3D screens”, according to the '...what the hell just happened?!' trailer, Ukrainian cinema delves into the cheese-soaked world of Missing Link terror with Alexandr and Vyacheslav Aleshechkin's 2012 furry fondue, Synevir (pictured). A group of young ne'er-do'wells (of course) stumble into the woods (where else?) on the night of a full moon, only to find the titular legend does not appreciate the intrusion. True, the legend of the animalistic forest dweller holds strong significance in Europe, but you would ecpect a little more respect could be paid the hirsute stalker of the night than this malarkey. The film derives its title from a lakes region in the Carpathian mountains where humans dare not venture... much like any cinema auditorium screening this film.