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Where everything disappears

Year
2026
Country
France, Ukraine
Duration
88’
Director
Oleksandr Tkachenko

Dmytro Dokunov, a Ukrainian nature-loving DOP and digital artist is enrolled in a combat unit to face the Russian invasion. With his mobile camera always on, Dmytro films his entire experience of becoming a warrior, while desperately trying to preserve his humanity.

CREW:
Director: Oleksandr Tkachenko
Producer: Illia Gladshtein, co-producer Antoine Goldet
Cinematographer: Dmytro Dokunov
Editor: Oleksandr Tkachenko, Mykola Bazarkin, Bruno Joucla
Sound: Margaryta Kulichova
Production
Phalanstery Films, co-production Amok Films
Sales:
Phalanstery Films
Director
Oleksandr Tkachenko

Ukrainian director, journalist, and anthropologist Oleksandr Tkachenko has spent nearly 20 years creating original content for local and national media, including documentary films, series, and authored TV programs. His work focuses on issues of social and cultural anthropology, the lives of minorities, social and ethnic groups, and history. He has collaborated with international institutions such as the Council of Europe and EUBAM.

He has also worked as a producer and director of commercials, art projects, commercial promos, and music videos for Ukrainian artists.


Where Everything Disappears is Oleksandr Tkachenko’s first international feature-length film, created with the support of ARTE as part of the Generation Ukraine project. The film had its world premiere at FIPADOC 2026.

After completing the film, Oleksandr joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Selected Filmography

Where everything disappears (2026), To be equal: Untold stories (2021), Family portraiе (2021), Anthropology (2020), Vanishing Odessa (2016), Wir sind keine Fremden (2015), Paradise (2011)

 
23 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
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June 2026
Traces
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Traces
Year
2026
Country
Ukraine, Poland
Directors
Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk
Duration
82’
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Year
2025
Country
Ukraine, Germany
Director
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Duration
90’
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Don't Ask Me If I Killed
Year
2026
Country
Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine
Director
Helena Maksyom
Duration
104’
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The Illusion of a Quiet Night
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The Illusion of a Quiet Night
Year
2026
Country
Ukraine
Director
Olga Chernykh
Duration
70’
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