In Kiev on the Bottom of a Glass Tobias Wals introduces us to the unique collection of residents of the Borscht Hostel in Kiev: a conspiracy theorist on the run, some alcoholics, newcomers and long-term residents, and a girl who walks around in a bear suit the entire day. While partying and drinking they live life with the unavoidable ups and downs of friendship and love, arguments and regret. Wals knows how to sketch characters vividly and shows us Kiev as a lively European capital, struggling with its past and future. It reminds us of the Berlin of the nineties, but with much more vodka.