Created in UA
Created in UkraineUkrainian cinema in Israel

Mavka: The True Myth

Screenings

April 3019:00

Haifa

Ukraine 2026

Director:

Kateryna Tsaryk

Producer:

Iryna Kostiuk, Anna Yelisieieva

Genre:

Romantic Fantasy

Language:

Ukrainian

Age restriction:

16+

After the animated film that conquered the world and became the highest-grossing Ukrainian film of all time, the Ukrainian myth returns — with live actors and mystical locations.
The feature film "Mavka: The True Myth" will reveal to audiences an entirely new story of the mavka, inspired by authentic Ukrainian legends.

The events unfold in an alternative present-day among the ancient forests of Ukraine.
The mavkas live in the Dark Lake, shrouded in beauty and mystery. It connects reality and the mystical world.
Plot: Mavka, a mystical and dangerous forest nymph, falls in love with biologist Lukian instead of luring him to his doom in a mysterious forest lake, where mermaids and other mavkas await human souls. And they will stop at nothing to keep Mavka on the dark side.

Come see how a true myth comes alive in the modern world.