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305 articles available in total starting from 19/05/2010. Last article published on 09/07/2025.

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Berlinale Generation title We Will Not Fade Away

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Berlinale Generation title We Will Not Fade Away

Alisa Kovalenko’s fourth documentary feature zooms in on five Ukrainian teenagers who dream of escaping from the war but also from the boredom of their small town  

10/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Generation

Marina Stepanska • Director of Consider Vera

Interview: Marina Stepanska • Director of Consider Vera

“It’s important for us to stay subjective in the huge world of European voices because for 70 years before this, our stories were told by Russians”

We spoke to the winner of this year’s Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at IFFR Pro’s CineMart, who is mounting a personal story of female solidarity in 1980s Ukraine  

09/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | IFFR Pro

Philip Sotnychenko • Director of La Palisiada

Interview: Philip Sotnychenko • Director of La Palisiada

“Cinema is very often built on feelings, like music and poetry”

The Ukrainian director breaks down his film about two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigating the murder of their colleague  

03/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition

Review: La Palisiada

Review: La Palisiada

The feature debut by Ukrainian director Philip Sotnychenko, homing in on a police investigation, inherits the best traditions of slow cinema  

02/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition

Review: 20 Days in Mariupol

Review: 20 Days in Mariupol

Mstyslav Chernov’s film tells of the first few horrific weeks of the Russian invasion, presenting us with footage of shelling, civilian deaths and the bombing of a maternity hospital  

30/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Review: Iron Butterflies

Review: Iron Butterflies

Roman Liubyi’s documentary tells the story of how Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 crashed to earth in the Donetsk region in 2014, with 298 lives lost  

27/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Roman Liubyi • Director of Iron Butterflies

Interview: Roman Liubyi • Director of Iron Butterflies

“MH17 is, in my opinion, one of the reasons why a full-scale invasion began”

We chatted to the Ukrainian director about the background to his film devoted to investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in the Donetsk region  

27/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Mstyslav Chernov • Director of 20 Days in Mariupol

Interview: Mstyslav Chernov • Director of 20 Days in Mariupol

“Mariupol has turned into a ghost city”

The Ukrainian journalist, writer and director gives us the low-down on his doc homing in on how the titular Ukrainian city experienced the first few weeks of the Russian invasion  

25/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Internationally backed documentary series Citizens at War: A Year in Ukraine to be released next month

Internationally backed documentary series Citizens at War: A Year in Ukraine to be released next month

The six-episode series will feature interviews with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, survivors of a mass execution and a beauty queen who becomes a sniper  

13/01/2023 | Production | Funding | Ukraine/Canada/UK/Australia

The Mykolaichuk OPEN Audience Film Festival gears up for its second edition

The Mykolaichuk OPEN Audience Film Festival gears up for its second edition

This year’s iteration of the Ukrainian gathering, set to unspool in Chernivtsi in June, will hold international and national competitions for the first time  

10/01/2023 | Festivals | Awards | Ukraine

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