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303 articles available in total starting from 19/05/2010. Last article published on 27/05/2025.

New Ukrainian crime film La Palisiada completed

New Ukrainian crime film La Palisiada completed

The full-length debut by Philip Sotnychenko is set in 1996, as a forensic psychiatrist and an investigator are embroiled in the complicated story of a policeman's murder  

25/08/2022 | Production | Funding | Ukraine

Igor Ivanko  • Director of Fragile Memory

Interview: Igor Ivanko • Director of Fragile Memory

"The film archive of my grandfather (and cinematographer) is unique because it is a personal as well a professional one"

The Ukrainian filmmaker talks about what's behind his work, which has just received the Special Jury Award in the festival's Documentary Competition  

24/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Documentary Competition

Helena Maksyom • Director

Interview: Helena Maksyom • Director

“As a serving member of the Ukrainian military, I am a soldier first and a filmmaker second”

We talked with the co-director of Everything Will Not Be Fine, who is currently fighting in the Ukrainian army, about her war experiences and filmmaking future  

24/08/2022 | /Romania/Ukraine

Sarajevo’s CineLink takes the temperature on Ukrainian film production amidst the war

Sarajevo’s CineLink takes the temperature on Ukrainian film production amidst the war

Four leading Ukrainian industry figures – including acclaimed directors Maryna Er Gorbach and Maksym Nakonechnyi – discussed their inspiring and ongoing work as the war continues to rage  

23/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | CineLink Industry Days

Marta Smerechynska • Director of Diary of a Bride of Christ

Interview: Marta Smerechynska • Director of Diary of a Bride of Christ

“When something is so familiar to you, somehow you don't even think about it or discuss it very deeply”

The Ukrainian director gives us the background to the story of her family, and particularly her younger sister, who became a nun  

23/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Documentary Competition

Review: Diary of a Bride of Christ

Review: Diary of a Bride of Christ

The feature debut by Marta Smerechynska is dedicated to her younger sister, who became a nun, but is ultimately a truly touching love letter to all women  

22/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Documentary Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Igor Storchak announces end of principal photography, unveils new details about Artem Litvinenko’s Against All Odds

EXCLUSIVE: Igor Storchak announces end of principal photography, unveils new details about Artem Litvinenko’s Against All Odds

The documentary investigates how Ukraine managed to thwart the “blitzkrieg” of the world’s second largest army and forced it to retreat from Kyiv  

15/08/2022 | Production | Funding | Ukraine

Christina Tynkevych • Director of How is Katia?

Interview: Christina Tynkevych • Director of How is Katia?

“When you talk about the death of a child, about feelings of grief, guilt, revenge and so on — you need much more screen time to be with the hero”

The Young Ukrainian director talks about the idea for her feature debut and its connection with the Romanian New Wave  

09/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Review: How is Katia?

Review: How is Katia?

Christina Tynkevych's debut feature follows an ambulance nurse who loses a child and tries to cope with her grief  

08/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Tactical Pause is the first shelter film festival in Ukraine

Tactical Pause is the first shelter film festival in Ukraine

Organised by two Ukrainian activists, the event has taken place in the city of Mykolaiv, on which Russian bombs could be falling at this very moment  

01/08/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Ukraine

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