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

Ivan Tymchenko • Director of English Lesson

Interview: Ivan Tymchenko • Director of English Lesson

“War is the backdrop – it’s a force that transforms lives. These stories are about courage, resilience, humanity and reevaluating values”

The Ukrainian director breaks down his upcoming animated film, which won the Eurimages Special Co-production Development Award at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event  

03/12/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Review: Dissident

Review: Dissident

Stanislav Gurenko and Andrii Alferov’s movie is a stylishly captivating memoir about activists in Soviet Ukraine, which is unfortunately hard to understand for those not familiar with that period  

29/11/2024 | Turin 2024

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

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