Films

A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov Planet
#history #experimental #creative #cinema #archives #art
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A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov Planet (Сентиментальна подорож до планети Параджанова)
A documentary homage to genius filmmaker Sergei Parajanov on the centenary of his birth. Take a journey into his world and witness the blend of unique archive material with surrealistic puppetry scenes, merging imagination and reality.
#history #experimental #creative #cinema #archives #art
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Archive. Box#64
#history #digitalization #creative #archives
Work in Progress
Archive. Box#64 (Архів#64)
The artistic image of the archive and personal stories of characters, who collect and store archival information, are intertwined, showing the experience of accumulating knowledge, building a bridge between the past and the present. However, does knowledge have enough power to prevent new tragedies?
#history #digitalization #creative #archives
Work in Progress
Ashes Settling In Layers On The Surface
#war #social_issues #identity #human_interest #history #family #creative #archives
Work in Progress
Ashes Settling In Layers On The Surface (Прах, що осідає шаром на поверхні)
Extracted from under the rubble of war, diaries tell the tragic stories of three generations of Ukrainian families in Mariupol, including the director’s.
#war #social_issues #identity #human_interest #history #family #creative #archives
Work in Progress
Birds and Beasts.The Universe of Hnizdovsky
#immigration #loneliness #identity #history #art #archives #animated #animal
Work in Progress
Birds and Beasts.The Universe of Hnizdovsky (Птахи і Звірі. Всесвіт Гніздовського)
It is a creative documentary about renowned Ukrainian-American artist Jaques Hnizdovsky, whose journey from displaced persons camps to global fame mirrors the experiences of modern Ukrainian emigrants. Told through the eyes of his beloved cat Jérôme, it explores identity, nature, and overcoming loneliness.
#immigration #loneliness #identity #history #art #archives #animated #animal
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EuroKryvbas
#postcolonialism #history #archives #architecture #culture
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EuroKryvbas (ЄвроКривбас)
Fueled by rare earth minerals and foreign visionaries, built with Belgian trams, German manufacturing, Polish labor, and French and British capital — EuroKryvbas reveals how Ukraine’s industrial core was once deeply European, before the Soviet Union rewrote its past and silenced its legacy. Today, as mines and factories lie near the frontline, history echoes once more — defying imperial myths with memory and resistance.
#postcolonialism #history #archives #architecture #culture
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Flowers of Mars
#war #history #death
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Flowers of Mars (Квіти Марса)
In Lviv, Ukraine, where over 1,000 soldiers from the ongoing war are buried, a group of devoted men from different walks of life organises funeral ceremonies, while the cemetery's space dwindles with each passing day.
#war #history #death
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Fragments of Ice
#sports #identity #history #family #current_affairs #creative #coming of age #archives #anthropology
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Fragments of Ice (Фрагменти льоду)
A gentle hypnotic journey through the VHS archives of the (post-)Soviet figure skater who toured the West in the 80s and 90s. Years later, his daughter follows these videotaped memories to reveal a story about maturing: of herself, her family, and her society.
#sports #identity #history #family #current_affairs #creative #coming of age #archives #anthropology
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Intercepted
#war #social_issues #observation #human_rights #history #experimental #everyday_life #current_affairs #anthropology
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Intercepted (Мирні люди)

Sound and image stare each other in the face as Intercepted contrasts quiet compositions of everyday life of Ukrainians since the full-scale invasion with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families. 

#war #social_issues #observation #human_rights #history #experimental #everyday_life #current_affairs #anthropology
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My Huta
#observation #nature #identity #history #family #experimental #animated
Work in Progress
My Huta (Моя Гута)
A poetic journey into the world of the past to confront its ghosts and rediscover the roots of one's 'self'.
#observation #nature #identity #history #family #experimental #animated
Work in Progress
Patronymic
#postcolonialism #identity #history #family #archives
Work in Progress
Patronymic (По батькові)
Following her train journey home to Kyiv, filmmaker Mariia Volodymyrivna Ponomarova searches for the missing part of her full name—the patronymic, a Ukrainian middle name derived from one’s father's namethat disappeared from her international documents for better or for worse.
#postcolonialism #identity #history #family #archives
Work in Progress
Serge Lifar: Artist’s Case
#investigation #identity #history #dance #art #archives #culture
Work in Progress
Serge Lifar: Artist’s Case (Справа артиста. Сергій Лифар)
Serge Lifar: Artist’s Case uncovers the truth behind the legendary ballet dancer’s legacy, exploring whether his collaboration with Nazi forces was a choice or a consequence of circumstance.
#investigation #identity #history #dance #art #archives #culture
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The Girl In The Photo
#photography #investigation #history #archives
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The Girl In The Photo (Дівчинка з фото)
The photo taken during the collectivization times by amateur photographer Mark Zalizniak became one of the most famous symbols of the Holodomor, but the fate of the people depicted in it remained unknown. The film explores the history of this family, the photo itself, and its symbolic meaning.
#photography #investigation #history #archives
Work in Progress
Ukraine is not so far away
#war #immigration #history #family
Work in Progress
Ukraine is not so far away (Україна — не так далеко)
In this film, we follow family of filmmakers from 2013 when the Maidan and the Revolution of Dignity occurred, to the moment they return home from abroad.
#war #immigration #history #family
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Under the Sign of Anchor
#urban #postcolonialism #history #education #archives #sea
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Under the Sign of Anchor (Під знаком якоря)
The elite Kyiv Naval Political College operates in a city without access to the sea. The first Soviet aircraft carrier, the Kyiv, became the flagship of the Northern Fleet. The school’s students, future political officers of the Soviet navy, go on a long navigation voyage; meanwhile, at their alma mater the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy opens.
#urban #postcolonialism #history #education #archives #sea
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