THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS is set in Eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the war. The film follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year, witnessing the gradual erosion of his innocence beneath the pressures of war. Oleg lives with his beloved grandmother, Alexandra, in the small village of Hnutove. Having no other place to go, Oleg and Alexandra stay and watch as others leave the village. Life becomes increasingly difficult with each passing day, and the war offers no end in sight. In this now half-deserted village where Oleg and Alexandra are the only true constants in each other's lives, the film shows just how fragile, but crucial, close relationships are for survival. Through Oleg's perspective, the film examines what it means to grow up in a war zone. It portrays how a child's universal struggle to discover what the world is about grows interlaced with all the dangers and challenges the war presents. Thus, THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS unveils the ...

在这部系列纪录片中，每一集都讲述了一个少年追求自己的激情、抱负和梦想的故事：一个中国男孩在中国最重要的剧院里扮演孙悟空，一个阿塞拜疆的乡村男孩在油田里学习训练鸽子，一个格鲁吉亚女孩在教一群残疾儿童跳传统舞蹈，一个缅甸村庄的女孩剃光自己的头发、离开家庭获得善缘，以及一个乌兹别克斯坦男孩渴望成为他家马戏团的大力士。