How I Spent My Summer Holidays

Year
2024
Country
Ukraine
Duration
14'32'’
Director
Antonio Lukich

Each of us has written this essay at some point. It happens every September 1st, yet it still catches you off guard.

I became curious about how teenagers in modern Ukraine spent their summers. Do children from different parts of Ukraine experience life differently – or, on the contrary, similarly? What do they have in common, and what sets them apart? 

We are used to hearing stories about vacations by the sea, bike rides, and sports victories. But what will teenagers in modern Ukraine tell us? Will their lives look different somehow? Or is even a war unable to erase their youth and passion for life, their emotions and adventures?

 
CREW:
Director: Antonio Lukich
Producer: Kyrylo Nechmonia, Svitlana Nikolienko
Cinematographer: Kyrylo Svietashov
Sound: Serhii Zakatnov
Production
Mir and Co Production
Director
Antonio Lukich

Antonio Lukich was born in 1992 in Uzhhorod. He earned a higher education in film and television directing at the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University. His first short film, It Was Raining in Manchester, won an award at the Odesa International Film Festival in 2015. His film My Thoughts Are Silent was released in 2020 and was well-received by both audiences and critics. It earned a Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 

 
Selected Filmography

How I Spent My Summer Holidays? (2024), Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2022), My Thoughts Are Silent (2019), It Was Showering in Manchester (2016)

 
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