SALT CINEMA PRODUCTIONS



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Salt Cinema Productions is an independent film company founded in 2025 by twin sisters Mira Oyetoro and Sabina Asadova. The company is based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Although recently established, its producers bring over a decade of experience in film production.
Salt Cinema views film as a tool for change, creating bold, creative, and socially engaged stories from Ukraine and Eastern Europe that seek to make sense of the world and contribute to meaningful change.
The company’s films have been selected for and screened at a number of international film festivals, including Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Fribourg International Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Odense International Film Festival, Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, among others.

FILMS:
IN 769 KM NEW YORK, 15 min, documentary, 2025directed by Sofiia Buhriiproduced by Sabina Asadova
At one of Kyiv’s bakeries, bread is baked by people with mental disabilities. Despite their own challenges, their work supports residents of front-line areas. The farthest place their bread has traveled is the Ukrainian village of New York in the Donetsk region, now occupied by russia.
65th Krakow Film Festival 2025 (International Short Competition, Poland)50th Odense Film Festival 2025 (International Documentary Short Competition, Denmark)54 th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival 2025 (National Short Competition, Ukraine)Ukraina Film Festival 2025 (Special Mention From Jury, Poland) 22th Sedicicorto International Film Festival 2025 (Human rights program, Italy)European Film Festival Integration You and Me 2025 (International Competition, Poland)Batumi International Art-House Film Festival 2025 (Special program, Georgia)Ukrainian Culture Festival by Razom For Ukraine 2025 (New York, USA)MICT Fim Festival 2025 (best documentary short, France-Ukaine)

MISUNDERSHOOD, 7 min, animation, 2025directed by Iryna Sosimovyshproduced my Mira Oyetorodistributor by Bear With Me Distribution
Misundershood is a animated short film that serves as the author’s poignant statement on war and the mental resilience of vulnerable groups. Through the story of Oleksa, a young man with undiagnosed autism, the film explores the impact of war on those who are often overlooked. Oleksa’s defences fail in the face of unimaginable challenges, leading him to lose everything – only to rediscover trust and connection. By amplifying the voices of ‘non-heroes’, Misundershood challenges stereotypes and invites viewers to take a broader, more compassionate view of humanity.

A NORMAL LIFE, 26 min, documentary, 2026 (co-produced)directed by Mykola Nosokproduced by Oleksiy Oliyar, co-produced by Sabina Asadova
After escaping the russia's occupation, a mother of many children struggles to keep her family together, trying to build a “normal life” on the ruins of a destroyed world — and gradually discovers that normality no longer means peace, but only the ability to go on living, to love, and not to lose herself.

IN DEVELOPMENT:
NIGHT MAYOR - 70 min, documentary, 2027director Kate Tiuri producers Mira Oyetoro, Anna Burdina
Nightlife during wartime is full of challenges: migration and curfews force the Greek migrant and night mayor of Lviv, Chad, to choose between overcoming difficulties and personal dramas to preserve and develop night culture, or leaving Ukraine forever.
– Best Project in Development at Meeting Point – Vilnius 2025 – Doc Lab Start program at Krakow Film Festival 2025– EsoDoc pitching training 2025– Documenting Ukraine 2025

ILLOGICAL ADULT WORLD - animated series, 2028director Iryna Sosimovyshproducer Mira Oyetoro
The Illogical Adult World' is an 11-minute, 26-episode, 2D animated series created for family audiences and children aged six to eleven. The series explores the process of growing up in a small town in Eastern Europe, where the ordinary environment takes on a special emotional meaning. Kabanne, a town of childhood memories and reality, combines high-rise buildings from the past, private houses, empty courtyards, and places that children turn into spaces for adventure and self-discovery.At the center of the plot are three teenagers with different personalities and different internal challenges. Oleksa perceives the world with extreme attention and strives to understand social rules that seem confusing to him. Jordan lives on emotions and constant movement, but underneath this he hides a fear of being useless if he stops being playful and impulsive. Casey experiences the pressure of appearance standards and hides her insecurity in a large fish costume, which becomes both a protection and a weight for her. Together, they try to understand themselves, each other, and the adult world, which seems strange, contradictory, and often inconsistent.
In each episode, the characters deal with important topics that are familiar to modern European children. These include friendship, family relationships, bullying, first love, fear of change, the body, emotional intelligence, self-image, boundaries, and social pressure. An everyday conflict can turn into a small odyssey, amplified by each character's subjective feelings. The world reacts to their emotions in a very sensitive way. When they get angry, the sky darkens; when they are sad, space seems to shrink; and when they dream, the city reveals new details. Thanks to this approach, the stories remain realistic but are filled with emotional poetry.The adults in The Illogical Adult World seem distant and somewhat unclear, which is how teens often see adult life. This lets young viewers see their own experiences reflected and gives parents a gentle and non-intrusive tool for watching and talking together.A key element of the structure is Oleksa's diary. At the end of each story, he records the event with a Polaroid photo and a short thought, which becomes an emotional summary of the day. This creates a clear dramatic framing for the series and forms an intimate connection between the viewer and the inner world of the characters.
The Illogical Adult World combines social relevance with visual originality, a warm European narrative with contemporary sensitivity and respect for children's emotional autonomy. It is a story about how children experience changes that prepare them for the future, and how even in a small town a great sense of self is born.


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