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Mavka: The True Myth

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The story unfolds in the ancient Ukrainian forest during the mystical Mermaid Week -- the once in 4 years time when mythical creatures are believed to emerge from the Dark Lake to hunt for filthy human souls to feed on their energy. Mavka is one of the forest lake's nymphs. When she meets Lukian, a biology whizz, she has one job: to bring him to her lake, where mermaids and other nymphs lie in wait. But instead of bringing about Lukian's ruin, Mavka falls in love with him. As her feelings grow stronger, she starts to realize that the mermaids will go to any length to keep her on the dark side.

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Claudio C @Claudio666 Jun 2 Delightful Ukrainian Romantic Fantasy (12,482–01 Jun 2026) Students of biology led by Prof. "Bo" head to a forest with research purpose. They install cameras but most of them are crushed. Lukyan goes to the city to bring new cameras. In the lake has mavkas and sirens celebrating their return to the forest to hunt men to provide energy to them. Lukyan accidentally hits a mavka while swerving to avoid an animal and brings her to the camp to treat her and she flees later. When they meet each other again, the mavka sees that Lukyan is a good man and falls for him. But the sirens are evil and will do anything to keep them apart. "Mavka. The True Myth" (2026) is a delightful Ukrainian romantic fantasy based on the Mavka Ukrainian folklore. The spirits known by Mavka represents the souls of girls who had died unnatural, tragic or premature deaths, particularly unchristen babies. The impossible romance of Lukyan and Ruta is very beautiful and the cinematography is top notch. My vote is seven. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Katya Tsarik

Director

Arina Bocharova

Mavka - Ruta

Vyacheslav Dovzhenko

Borys Oleksandrovych

Ivan Dovzhenko

Lukyan

Eduard Poliakov

Oles

Anastasia Iankova

Khrystyna

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Mavka: The True Myth

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Synopsis The story unfolds in the ancient Ukrainian forest during the mystical Mermaid Week -- the once in 4 years time when mythical creatures are believed to emerge from the Dark Lake to hunt for filthy human souls to feed on their energy. Mavka is one of the forest lake's nymphs. When she meets Lukian, a biology whizz, she has one job: to bring him to her lake, where mermaids and other nymphs lie in wait. But instead of bringing about Lukian's ruin, Mavka falls in love with him. As her feelings grow stronger, she starts to realize that the mermaids will go to any length to keep her on the dark side.
Director
Katya Tsarik
Producer
Anna Eliseeva, Iryna Kostyuk
Screenwriter
Yaroslav Voytseshek
Distributor
Splendid Film
Production Co
Splendid Film
Genre
Fantasy, Romance, Adventure
Original Language
Ukrainian
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 1, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 30m