IVAN AND MARTA Ivan Dziuba – literary critic, public figure, academician of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine – belongs to the “sixties”. He fully takes care of all the miscalculations and unfulfilled promises of his generation. Reflects on why the illusions were lost and why so few dreams…

The documentary dedicated to prominent Ukrainian composer Valentyn Silvestrov. It is an observation, a confession, and, most of all, a story of great talent set against the backdrop of an uncertain time. The world has heard and understood Silvestrov’s music language, but as a person and composer, he was formed…

THE LEADING ROLE (2016) This is a story about my mother, film actress Nina Antonova. Here she is in the photo, puffing a cigarette. She is 80. About a hundred roles in movies, big and small. Her life—lots of work, little rest. Big acting fame came only once—a leading role…

UKRAINE. WHEN THE COUNTDOWN BEGAN (2011) This documentary tells about the events at the end of the 20th century that led to the creation of a new political reality and the emergence of newly independent countries on the world map. The authors focus on the events of three pivotal years—1989,…

The characters of the film were children when everything was taken away from their parents. This film tells the story of how they survived the Great Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932-33. It also tells the story of British journalist Gareth Jones, whose truthful reports about the Ukrainian tragedy were never…

Producers Steven Spielberg, Victor Pinchuk Camera Roman Elensky, Volodymyr Kukorenchuk Sound Ihor Barba, Georgy Stremovsky Film editor Anton Goyda Music Vadym Khrapatchov Director Sergey Bukovsky takes the viewer on a journey of discovery as he and several Ukrainian students absorb the testimony of local people who escaped brutal execution and…