Фільм з кіноциклу «Обрані часом».

Фільм про незабутнього «Маестро» українського кіно – народного артиста України, актора і режисера Леоніда Бикова (1928-1979), який створив яскраві образи в фільмах «Максим Перепелиця», «Добровольці», «Альошчина любов» та ін., зняв невмирущу стрічку «В бій ідуть тільки старики».

This is an incredible story of Valerii Markus, a paratrooper of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war, a blogger, traveler and author of the bestseller book “Footprints on the Road”.

To somehow structure in his mind the three years he spent in the war, Valerii Markus leaves Paris for the Way of El Camino de Santiago. But will the paratrooper find peace by following the legendary path of the pilgrims? What changes will Valerii get after all that he has gone through and why is he being drawn to another long journey again and again?

The story is based on the philosophy of the Ukrainian philosopher Grigory Skorodov about relations between man and the world. Is the world trying to catch you or reaching out to you and wanting to reconnect?

Student Film.

The Kyiv Independent investigated and talked to relatives and guardians whose children were one step away from being trafficked to Russia. Bypassing the front line, the relatives traveled through several European countries to Donetsk to pick up their children and prevent them from being transferred to Russian families.

The journalists also identified a group of children who were deported to Russia last spring under the guise of rehabilitation to the Polyany boarding house. They were promised to be returned in a month, but instead were placed in the care of Russian families. Ukrainian collaborators who remained working for Russia in 2014 were involved in the deportation of this group of children.

This two-part documentary explores the complex relationship between Ukrainian artists and the Soviet authorities: how, despite the pressure, they managed to create songs that outlived the Soviet Union and became symbols of an era.

The film is built around Ukrainian hits of the time, such as ‘The Song of the Towel’ and ‘Cheremshyna’, whilst also presenting a collective portrait of the creators of Ukrainian song — Platon Maiboroda, Andrii Malyshko, Stepan Sabadash, Ihor Shamo, Dmytro Pavlychko and Oleksandr Bilash.

Many cultural figures, journalists and historians took part in the project, and their expert commentary is featured in the film. These include poet Yuriy Rybchynskyi, cultural studies scholar Nataliia Kryvda, literary scholar Rostyslav Semkiv, musician Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, historian Oleksandr Palii, musician Kyrylo Stetsenko, musicologist Valentyna Kuzyk, film scholar Serhiy Trymbach, musician Albert Tsukrenko, radio journalist Olesia Bilash, poet Viktor Herasymov, radio presenter Halyna Babii, music journalist Phil Pukhariev, musician Mykhailo Khoma, musician Oleksandra Koltsova, journalist Yaroslav Shcherbakov, radio presenter Dmytro Bakal, literary scholar  Yaryna Tsymbal, music collector Ihor Kalinichenko, former director of the National Philharmonic Dmytro Ostapenko, director of the Ukrainian Radio Museum Anatolii Tabachenko.

The main character is a Ukrainian Vasily Slipak, soloist of the Paris National Opera, who went to war in the Donbass. This is a reflection film on the values for which the singer put everything at stake. This is a movie about Ukraine after the Maidan - what a journey it has been in three years.

There are two contrasting worlds in which Vasily Slipak lived. One is full of lights of the charming capital of France and the spirit of the Paris Opera. The second is in the Donetsk region, on the front line between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists.