Kinoafisha lists DOVZHENKO. First Glance as a Ukraine premiere on 1 October 2026. Directed by Konstantin Konovalov, the film is a Ukraine–Romania–Slovakia co‑production, runs approximately 1 hour 40 minutes, and is billed as an adventure, historical and biographical drama. The page names cast members including Hryhorii Baklanov, Maksym Samchyk, Polina Vasilina, Bohdan Benyuk and Roman Yasinovskyi.
Set in Odessa in 1926, the film follows a young Alexander Dovzhenko arriving to shoot his first film. According to the listing, Dovzhenko dreams of cinema as art rather than propaganda but confronts a system unwilling to let artists speak freely in their own language.
Kinoafisha currently shows no reviews and offers a notification option for the release. Readers in Kyiv should re‑check local cinemas and ticket platforms after 1 October for exact screening times, venues and language details.