EARLY SWALL0WS 2019 | Official Trailer |

The series revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behavior, LGBT identity crises-a subject that is rarely portrayed on Ukrainian television-alcoholic parents, and speech disabilities. In one of the show's main plot lines, the main characters are stalked on the Internet by an anonymous person who pretends to be their friend. Early Swallows was filmed in two-and-a-half months with a small budget and unknown actors. During development, series writers visited Ukrainian schools and interviewed teenagers on condition of anonymity. According to series producer Yevhen Tunik, half of the characters in the programme are based on people they knew. Tunik started the writing and pre-production of the series in 2016. He had hoped the series would debut in 2018. All of the scripts were proofread by lawyers and psychologists but according to Tunik, this did not lead to any script changes. The title of the series, Early Swallows, is a reference to the belief that swallows are the first sign of spring. Created by Yevhen Tunik Directed by Valentyn Shpakov Starring Maksym Samchyk Oleksandr Rudynskyi Taisiia-Oksana Shchuruk Viktoriia Lytvynenko Polina Nosykhina