Anarchist Music Video From Brutto

A new music video ‘Papiaroska’ from Belorussian / Ukrainian rock team Brutto was filmed in Kyiv. The main location used was an abandoned psychiatric hospital. The song text was written by Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan and translated into Belorussian for the song. Director/DOP: Andriy Davydovskyi.

Frost by Sharunas Bartas

A film which was long awaited for, ‘Frost’ by Sharunas Bartas, has presented its trailer. This is a co-production by Lithuania, France, Poland and Ukraine. The film tells the story of a young Lithuanian who travels to Ukrainian Donbas as a volunteer. One of the parts in the film is performed by Vanessa Paradis.

The First Crimean-Tatar Movie Fundraiser

A group of Crimean-Tatar filmmakers launches the IndieGoGo campaigner (http://bit.ly/2xCOxfY) to raise the gap funding money for they first ever film made in the Crimean-Tatar language. This is a short film which has already received 50% state funding which proves the quality of the project.  The film is produced by the creators of documentary film […]

The Cyborgs – Teaser

The first teaser from a new feature film by Akhtem Seitablayev has been published. ‘The Cyborgs’ is re-telling the recent history of Ukraine – the legendary fight for Donetsk Airport in 2014 during Russian invasion. The freedom fighters from various divisions of Ukrainian army and volunteer battalions took a 242-days stand against the Russian backed […]

Language Quotes for TV in Ukraine

The President of Ukraine has signed the new legislation adopted by Verkhovna Rada which increases the obligatory Ukrainian language presence for the national broadcasters up to 75% of their air time. The regional broadcasters of Ukraine are permitted to have 50% of Ukrainian in their content. This provides a greater urge for the national content […]