Director: Vyacheslav Bigun Scriptwriter: Vyacheslav Bigun Director of Photography: Vyacheslav Bigun Producer: Vyacheslav Bigun 20 min., 2020, Ukraine
The role of Ivan Chendei in the creation of the film “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”, the Carpathian love story – a film image of the Ukrainian soul. September 2020 marks the 55th anniversary of the premiere of “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”.
Director: Olga Samolevska Script writer: Olga Samolevska Director of photography: Vitaliy Borovyk 60 min., 2018, Ukraine
Last year, the World spent about two trillion dollars on armaments, which was the highest rate in 30 years. This film, without rhetoric, warns of the threat of incitement to III World War. The sad uniqueness of Ukraine is that it has witnesses of two generations who survived the horrors of war as children. Now Russia has imposed a new war on us. Let’s look at the war through the eyes of children. Old people say that killed children become angels. If you do not listen to the whispers of the angels, the amount will become more and more. The new generation can look at wars with new eyes to break the fatal cycle of their recurrences.
Director: Yakovenko Anastasia Scriptwriter: Yakovenko Anastasia Cameramen: Yakovenko Anastasia and Gogiya Iya University/College: Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Head of the workshop: Volodymyr Khmelnytskiy 6 min., 2020, Ukraine
A woman grows flowers in extraordinary quantities. Currently, its collection already includes more than 300 species of orchids, not including other species. She buys flowers that are no longer valid for sale (rotten, broken, dried), and then grows them in perfect condition. She is not only a savior of the environment, she helps people. This is a person from a capital letter, a woman works as a nurse in the surgical department. She had to see death and salvation, joy and sorrow, but in spite of everything, she continues to confidently go to her goal – to heal the whole world!
Director: Aydan Aliyeva Director of Photography: Aydan Aliyeva Editor: Aydan Aliyeva Producer: Aydan Aliyeva University/College: Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Workshop manager: Igor Negresku 8 min., 2020, Ukraine
This film is about the girl who dreams of becoming sport coacher. She went through trials, disbelief of parents and coaches, and continues anyway move towards her goal to teach little girls.
Director: Artem Kamerniy Screenwriter: Artem Kamerniy Director of Photography: Artem Kamerniy Editor: Artem Kamerniy Actors: Olga Kamerna, Julia Kamerna Producer: Artem Kamerniy University/College: Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Workshop manager: Roman Shyrman 8 min., 2019, Ukraine
Vira is a girl from the province who dreams of being an actress. From childhood she was engaged in acting, dreamed of entering the theater university. On her way to the dream, Vira does not receive support from native people: her lover and her mother. All of them reject any options for further development of Vira as an actress. After unsuccessful attempts to enter the theater institute, she got a job in Ritual Services.
Director: Anna Kichapina Scriptwriter: Anna Kichapina Director of Photography: Vladislav Savchin Actors: Eugene Ragulin University/College: Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Head of the workshop: Volodymyr Khmelnytsky 7 min., 2020, Ukraine
The protagonist of the film Yevhen Ragulin is the commander of a special combat group. He took part in the fighting in Debaltseve in 2014-2015 and Sands in 2016, in eastern Ukraine. The film tells the story of an incident that once happened to our hero. During the task, a separatist who was a gunner was captured by the enemy. The gunner is a local resident who knows the area well and informs the enemy of the specific coordinates of strategic buildings and houses. Many civilians died because of this man.
Director: Kyrylo Zemlyaniy Scriptwriter: Kyrylo Zemlyaniy Cameraman: Vladislav Dorofeyev Composer: Rusya Editor: Kyrylo Zemlyaniy Actors: Oles Dmitrenko, Tatiana Smirnova Producer: Kyrylo Zemlyaniy Production studio: Kinoglaz University/College: Taras Shevchenko National University Workshop manager: Serhiy Badion 11 min., 2019, Ukraine
Ivan most of all dreams of becoming an actor. Attends acting classes, prepares for admission to theatrical universities. But there is one significant problem. Ivan can’t say a word. Will the guy be able to make his dream come true?
Director: Eugene Koshyn Scriptwriter: Eugene Koshyn Director of Photography: Nikita Khatsarevich Composer: Maxim Smogol Editor: Kateryna Zabulonska Actors: Konstantin Temlyak, Alexandra Bystrzhytska, Kateryna Molchanova Producer: Yevgen Koshyn, Orest Borko Production studio: BO Cinema University/college: Higher courses for screenwriters and directors Workshop manager: Irakli Kvirikadze 36 min., 2020, Ukraine-Turkey
27-year old Sasha was late for the plane. He has to spend a whole day in an unfamiliar mysterious city – without cash, mobile communication, Wi-Fi and other benefits of civilization – in the company of a young obsessed, extraordinary and very beautiful girl Sasha from Odessa.
Director: Miruna Dunu Scriptwriter: Miruna Dunu Director of photography: Miruna Dunu Editor: Miruna Dunu Producer: Miruna Dunu Institution: Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands 12 min., 2018, Netherlands, Romania
“Coastland” presents a fictional narrative rooted into architectural research. The story of the Western Black Sea coast begins in a distant future and goes back to its roots, only to reveal cyclical destruction and rebirth. The film is created entirely out of the author’s collection of authentic postcards.