“Waiting is the most exquisite form of punishment.”
Giving a pledge to the victim to find the killer, the police officer uses the girl as bait to search for someone who may never appear.
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Cast
19 people
Vladyslav Mylenkyi
Matvii
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Oleksandra Bilynets
Maria
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Bogdan Vakulenko
Romashka
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Gifted from 0 to 1
Anton Potiekhin
Partner
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Tamara Myshunina
Granny
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Mother: Chapter One
Oleksandr Levytskyi
Suspect
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Mother: Chapter One
Oksana Tarnavska
Victim's mother
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Calypso
Live With It
Tetiana Sydorchuk
Maria's mother
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Under the Orange Peel
INVISIBILITY
Tymur Kashchenko
Baby
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Amina Denysenko
Victim
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Among people
Anna Sadivska
Victim
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Among people
Roman Kozulin
Stranger
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Vicious Circle
Zakhar Shestiaiev Director · Bogdan Vakulenko Composer Tymofii Balakin Cinematographer
United States release September 25, 2026 · Produced in Ukraine · Production Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University
Production
Dmytro Tomashpolskyi's workshop "Centaurs"
Production
Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University
Production
Ukraine
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Original title
Обіцянка
Original language
Ukrainian
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Ukrainian
Release dates
Ukraine · June 7, 2026
Premiere · Dmytro Tomashpolskyi's course "Centaurs" screenings
United States · September 25, 2026
Premiere · Planet Frame: International Youth Film Festival & Anthology
Czechia
November 7, 2026 · Premiere · Dmytro Tomashpolskyi's course "Centaurs" screening
Italy
September 4, 2026 · Premiere · Remoria Horror Festival
Ukraine
August 7, 2026 · Premiere · "1000 minutes of student films" special screenings
October 27, 2026 · Premiere · Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
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