Director: Derek Johnson Produced by: Kaifilms Featuring Associate Producer: Yulia Clack Sill Photography: Andrey Chornomor Length: 17 mins
Yulia and her Brother Andrey opened Sibs, a coffee roasting business in Ukraine. Shortly after establishing the company, they grew their business, opening two coffee shops and empathically touching their community. Now that war has found their country, Sibs takes on a different purpose.
Director: Zhanna Maksymenko-Dovhych. Camera: Maksym Rudenko, Serhiy Khodchenko. Sound Directors: Taras Chernysh, Alex Burmitskiy. Composer: Alex Burmitskiy. Editors: Maksym Rudenko, Artem Kobets, Petro Tsymbal. Producers: Oksana Yanishevska, Zhanna Maksymenko-Dovhych. Length: 16 min.
People in a Southern Ukrainian city come out to commemorate an important national holiday. Old and new symbols mix in their quest for identity and common understanding. Despite living on neighboring streets, the distance between them is growing. This is a portrait of people who demonstrated on the main square of a city in a country to which war has returned. The film was shot on Victory day on May 9th in Mykolaiv. The flagship city of Russia’s Imperial and Soviet shipbuilding, the city which during Soviet times was considered completely pro-Russian, suddenly reveals its Ukrainian essence. Discussions, various symbols,
Director: Dmytro Kochnev. Producer Katerina Karmalіta. Country: Ukraine. Language: Ukrainian. English Subtitles. Length: 87 min
Bella Hadid, Celine Dion, Kendall Jenner and Dua Lipa make not the full list of world-class stars who choose Ukrainian brands from among hundreds or even thousands of others. The founders and designers of popular Ukrainian brands of clothing, footwear and accessories will talk about how they managed to shine in the global fashion market and create fashion collaborations with industry leaders.
Director: Maksym Deliyergiyev. Subtitles: English. Ukrainian. Length: 75 min
Film 1. Music Alyona alyona, The HARDKISS, ONUKA, DakhaBrakha, Alina Pash, YUKO and others. How the Ukrainian music industry has changed over the last 30 years, where TNMK and Alyona Alyona listened to and found hip-hop, how to become a star in Ukraine today. Details on how the Ukrainian sectors of the popular, rock, hip-hop, electronic and folklore scene are organized
Original Title: Поїзд "Київ-Війна" Director: Korney Gritsyuk. Producer: Sergiy Pudich. Cinematographer: Kyrylo Lazarevych. Genre: Feature length Documentary. Country: Ukraine. Language: Ukrainian, English, Ukrainian, Russian Subtitles. Length: 72 min
The Train: Kyiv – War” is a full-length documentaryfilm directed by Korniy Gricyuk. The dramaticstory of the Kyiv-Kostyantynivka train, with its passengers` unique fates, pain, mem- ories,secrets, hopes, is a history of today Ukraine.Only 12 hours away from peaceful Kyiv is Kostyantynivka, a small industrial city in the east- ernpart of the country, immediately after which the front begins. This entire timepeople with different characters, social status, political views and beliefs are traveling on the trainside by side. They talk, debate, even quarrel, but speak to each other and go in commondirection. And what`s important, they all want to get
Original Titel: Явних проявів немає. Director: Alina Gorlova. Writer: Alina Gorlova. Producer: Maksym Nakonechnyi. Genre: Feature-length documentary. Country: Ukraine. Language: Ukrainian / Russian, English subtitles. Length: 90 min
What is left backstage from the heroic videos of our warriors in Ukraine? What do they have to face, one on one, in peacetime, and where does the war stop? This is the story of a woman who returns from war. Talking to psychologists, battling her PTSD and panic attacks, she tries hard to get back to normal life. The documentary shows her path from the beginning of her rehabilitation until she goes back to work.
Original title: Herr Pilipenko und sein U-Boot. Director: Jan Hinrik Drevs, René Harder. Writer: Jan Hinrik Drevs, René Harder. Producer: Jens Fintelmann, Thomas Seekamp. Starring: Vladimir PIlipenko. Genre: Feature-length documentary, Portrait. Country: Germany. Language: Ukrainian, English and German subtitles. Length: 90 min
What would you do with a pile of scrap metal, some old spare parts and 30 years to kill in the Ukrainian steppe? Vladimir Pilipenko built a submersible. Life-size. And in the village lake, his submersible worked! But Vladimir has set his sights on something bigger than the local pond. So off he goes. But not before the submersible has undergone rigorous trials, under the fevered gaze of a fascinated village. With trials complete and preparations made, a rickety old grain transporter drags the sub and its creator over steppe and mountains to the Crimean coast. Back in real life
Original title: Proekt doschu. Director: Oleg Chorny. Writer: Oleg Chorny. Producer: Svitlana Zinovyeva. Starring: Gamlet Zinkivsky. Genre: Short documentary. Country: Ukraine. Language: Russian and Ukrainian, English subtitles. Length: 24 min
2016. Mariupol, Donetsk region. Ukraine. 20 km from the engagement line between government troops and combined Russian-separatist forces. Gamlet Zinkivsky, a painter, comes to the city to make a series of street artworks in the urban space.
Documentary original title: Herr Pilipenko und sein U-Boot Director: Jan-Hinrik Drevs, René Harder Genre: Documentary Country: Germany Language: Ukrainian Length: 90 Minutes Mister Pilipenko and his Submarine – Synopsis Vladimir Pilipenko loves to be in his workshop. This is where he has spent days and nights for the last three decades, building a submarine out of scrap parts. In the middle of the Ukrainian steppe. The amazing thing is: The bright green vehicle works! At least in the local village pond. But Vladimir Pilipenko wants to prove that he can really dive with his submarine – in the Black Sea.
Documentary Director: Mantas Kvedaravicius Genre: war Country: Lithuania, Finland Language: Chechen, Russian Length: 59 Minutes Barzakh – Synopsis In a Chechen city recovering after the war, a man disappears. As daily life goes on, those in search are drawn into a world where encounters with diviners and legal advisors, with the torturers and the tortured, with secret prisons and mythical lakes all become commonplace. Consolation and help only come from neighbours and relatives or accidentally met strangers people who themselves live with the loss or who are ones that have returned from where no one returns. The neighbour waits for
Documentary Director: Mantas Kvedaravicius Genre: war Country: Ukraine, Lithuania, Germany, France Language: Russian Length: 90 Minutes Mariupolis – Synopsis A man repairs his fishing net and goes out to the bridge. Two trams run into each other – nobody is hurt and cables are fixed the same day. A small concert is given for factory workers and the sincere performance of a violinist makes them cry. Bombs fall into the sea, no one notices. Everyday life is defined by bomb threats in Mariupol, a city in the Ukraine, situated to the east of the Crimea and once populated by Greeks.
France, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine
An eleven part Docuseries directed by Yaroslav Korotkov and produced by Lera Koptseva DOCUSERIES IN DEVELOPMENT: CLICK HERE TO HELP THE PROJECT Director: Yaroslav Korotkov Format: 11 episodes (30 minutes each) Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian “WE” – Synopsis, as told by director Yaroslav Korotkov and producer Lera Koptseva “For many years we have been trying to understand our national identity. What does it mean to be a Ukrainian? With a strong historical foundation, we believe that you could boldly answer who you really are. Ukraine is only 30 years old. However, the end of the 19th century, the beginning of
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Documentary Director: Enrico Parenti, Luca Gennari Genre: war Country: Ukraine Language: Russian, Ukrainian Length: 64 Minutes Novorossiya – Synopsis Brand new film from the Ukrainian eastern fronts of Donetsk and Luhansk where the Russian army and pro-Russian separatists had been waging a war against Ukraine even before Putin’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine did not start last month, but in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and the following warfare in the two Eastern Ukrainian regions Donetsk and Luhansk where pro-Russian separatists proclaimed their territory a brand new state: Novorossiya, or New Russia. No one but Russia
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Documentary Director: Cyril TuschiGenre: DocumentaryCountry: GermanyLanguage: German, RussianLength: 90 Minutes Chodorkowskis neue Freiheit (2016) – Synopsis “Chodorkowskis neue Freiheit” is the sequel to Tuschi’s 2011 documentary “Der Fall Chodorkowski”, when Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky was still in prison in Siberia. The sequel follows the former oil oligarch’s first steps to freedom after his nemesis, Russian President Putin, suddenly pardoned him in December 2013. Tuschi questions Khodorkovsky as a kind of key witness for Russia and challenges him to be ruthlessly honest. Who is Khodorkovsky really? Is he planning his return to Russia? Does he want to take revenge on Putin
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Documentary Director: Askold KurovGenre: DocumentaryCountry: Czech Republic, Estonia and PolandLanguage: Russian, Ukrainian and EnglishLength: 75 Minutes Also known as: Protses: filʹm pro spravu Sentsova (original title), Процесс: Российское государство против Олега Сенцова (Russian title), Der Prozess: Der russische Staat gegen Oleg Senzov (German title) Availability:vimeo.comARD Mediathek until 12/16/2022 in German see also Oleg Sentsov’s statement on arte The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov (2017) – Synopsis Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian filmmaker, Euromaidan activist and native of Crimea. After the Russian annexation of Crimea, he became an active opponent of the occupation. In May 2014, he was
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Documentary Original Title: The Other Chelsea – A story from Donetsk Director: Jakob Preuss Genre: Drama Country: Ukraine, Germany Language: Russian, English + Ukrainian subtitles Length: 89 Minutes Also known as: Другой Челси: История из Донецка, Інший Челсі: Історія з Донецька The Other Chelsea – Synopsis Donetsk is the coal-mining area of Ukraine. Here most people work for low wages in the run down mines, while others make a lot of money. No matter which side of the social divide you are on, coming from Donetsk you will almost certainly be an opponent of the Orange Revolution and a fan
Documentary Director: Alina Gorlova Country: Ukraine Language: Russian Length: 63 Minutes Also known as: Явних проявів немає (Original Ukrainian title) No Obvious Signs – Synopsis “No obvious signs” is the phrase, which Ukrainian soldiers hear in hospitals, where they come with physiological traumas and in need of help. But until their bodies have no injuries, not only doctors, but even society doesn’t notice their problems. This is the story of the woman soldier, Oksana Yakubova, who returns from war. Talking to psychologists, battling her PTSD and panic attacks, she tries hard to get back to normal life. The documentary shows
Documentary Director: Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Himey Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian Length: 76 Minutes Also known as: Зарваниця (Original title: Ukraine) Synopsis: Every year, thousands of Ukrainian Christians undertake a pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia, a sacred place. Between prayers they share news, brag about their wealth, take pictures of chapels, give interviews, witness miracles. (Source: Docudays UA) Further Information: New Jerusalem at IMDB New Jerusalem at DOCU DAYS UA New Jerusalem – Official Facebook Page
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Documentary Director: Alina Gorlova Country: Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar Language: German, Arabic, Kurdish, Ukrainian, Russian Length: 104 Minutes Also known as: Цей дощ ніколи не скінчиться (Ukraine); Ten deszcz nigdy nie ustanie (Poland) Synopsis: This Rain Will Never Stop takes the audience on a powerful, visually arresting journey through humanity’s endless cycle of war and peace. The film follows 20-year-old Andriy Suleyman as he tries to secure a sustainable future while navigating the human toll of armed conflict. From the Syrian civil war to strife in Ukraine, Andriy’s existence is framed by the seemingly eternal flow of life and death.
Germany, Latvia, Qatar, Ukraine
Documentary Director: Loup Bureau Country: France Language: Ukrainian Length: 85 Minutes Also known as: Tranchées (Original title – France) Synopsis: In Donbas Ukraine, while precarious truces and ceasefires are negotiated far away by diplomats, Ukrainian soldiers fight against separatists supported by Russia. At an age when some are experiencing the best years of their lives, in the frontline men and women are fighting, condemned to dig and dig up again the trenches, while bombs keep on falling on them. French war journalist and first-time director Loup Bureau takes us on an immersive and stunning cinematic journey revealing the naked truth
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