I Love Her

I Love Her is a 2013 Ukrainian drama short film directed by Darya Perelay. It is the first Ukrainian movie about a lesbian relationship and is one of the first LGBT films produced in Ukraine. I Love Her was first screened on 18 October 2013 at the Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg festival in Germany; followed by the Festival Internacional de Cinema Gai i Lèsbic de Barcelona on 25 October 2013; FACE à FACE in the Courage section of the Short Films International Competition on 29 November 2013; and the Festival Internacional de Cine por los Derechos Humanos Bogotá in December 2013 as an Official Selection in the International Short Film Competition. In Ukraine, it was screened on 7 March 2014 at Zovten Cinema in Kyiv. The film was screened in Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States, totaling 23 countries. Plot A young musician and songwriter, Nataly, moves to Kyiv with dreams of being discovered and finding fame. While performing on the street she meets a deaf-mute young woman, Anna, and the two are drawn to each other. Together they defy the nation's restrictions against homosexuality. Cast Natalie Ivanchuk as Nataly Frau Hanna as Anna