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

Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions winner Unspoken casts Paul Wesley in lead role

Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions winner Unspoken casts Paul Wesley in lead role

The six-part limited series, inspired by real events and set during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, captures the personal toll of war and will start shooting next year  

29/11/2024 | Production | Funding | Poland/Ukraine/USA/Germany

At Tallinn, filmmakers in exile fight to “decolonise cinema” and regain creative freedom

At Tallinn, filmmakers in exile fight to “decolonise cinema” and regain creative freedom

The panel asked the pressing question of how filmmakers can continue their craft in a world marked by war, displacement and censorship  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Review: The Mousetrap

Review: The Mousetrap

With his fiction feature debut, Serhii Kastornykh tells the story of a Ukrainian soldier trying to survive after most of his trench collapses in combat  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Dissident, set to world-premiere at Torino

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Dissident, set to world-premiere at Torino

Ukrainian directors Stanislaw Gurenko and Andriy Alferov’s period drama is built around the interweaving of the fates of three main characters in the autumn of 1968 in Kyiv  

14/11/2024 | Production | Funding | Ukraine

Review: Cognition Trilogy: Separation

Review: Cognition Trilogy: Separation

Sophia Gera blends diaristic footage and essayistic narration in an introspective, contemplative documentary shot amidst COVID-19 isolation  

04/11/2024 | Jihlava 2024

Review: Flowers of Ukraine

Review: Flowers of Ukraine

A woman is determined to live her life and keep hold of her garden, despite the challenges of war, in Adelina Borets’ debut feature film  

31/10/2024 | DOK Leipzig 2024

Pavlo Ostrikov • Director of U Are the Universe

Interview: Pavlo Ostrikov • Director of U Are the Universe

“I’m not sure what the future holds for Ukrainian cinema, especially sci-fi”

The Ukrainian director talks about blending sci-fi with an emotional love story, and his preference for practical effects over digital ones  

10/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

Review: U Are the Universe

Review: U Are the Universe

Pavlo Ostrikov’s feature debut blends existential sci-fi, romance and cosmic comedy into a genre-fluid exploration of love, loneliness and the human need for connection  

09/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

Olha Zhurba • Director of Songs of Slow Burning Earth

Interview: Olha Zhurba • Director of Songs of Slow Burning Earth

“The war is already part of our daily lives, and we, as artists, can't do anything else but portray it”

VENICE 2024: The Ukrainian documentarian discusses how she depicts the long-term effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War on her people  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Honeymoon

Review: Honeymoon

VENICE 2024: This modest, effective film by Zhanna Ozirna shows that you really can’t escape war, not even in your own home  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Biennale College Cinema

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