Serhiy Zhadan

A theatrical documentary about Hrytsko Chubai, a genius of Ukrainian poetry, a connoisseur of literature, art and music and the brightest representative of Lviv underground culture of late 60s early 70s.

The combination of poetry, music and visual imagery creates a new organic body which audience look closely to. The film-concert and adaptation of the performance "RozdIlovI" (aka Divided or Divisional) - a cult multidisciplinary project of the art agency ArtPole.

The protagonist, Herman has to come back to his native Donbas after years spent away. He has to look into the case of his brother’s sudden disappearance. Herman meets real and unreal characters, his childhood friends and the local mafia. And suddenly, to his own surprise, he decides to stay in his native town with people who love and believe him and need his defense.

La journaliste ukrainienne Katya Soldak, qui vit actuellement à New York et travaille pour le magazine Forbes, retrace l'histoire de l'Ukraine : ses liens étroits avec la Russie depuis des siècles ; comment elle s'est séparée de l'URSS et a commencé à marcher seule ; la révolution orange, la révolution de Maïdan, l'annexion de la Crimée, la guerre du Donbass ; tout cela à travers les yeux de sa famille et de ses amis installés à Kharkiv, une grande ville ukrainienne située à seulement dix-huit miles de la frontière russe.

A documentary feature film about Oles Uljanenko, an author and cult figure of Ukrainian post-Soviet culture. His works were banned by Ukrainian authorities having judged them as pornographic and as ones that should be destroyed.

The protagonist, Herman has to come back to his native Donbas after years spent away. He has to look into the case of his brother’s sudden disappearance. Herman meets real and unreal characters, his childhood friends and the local mafia. And suddenly, to his own surprise, he decides to stay in his native town with people who love and believe him and need his defense.

After overhearing a quarrel, Witold, a new resident of the communal apartment, meets a young writer Serhiy. In no time, Serhiy becomes an extraordinary figure in Witold's life, revealing new and exciting sides of his personality. This short film is a quirky and absurd tragicomedy about artistic life and its pitfalls. Witold is based on the short story called My Nightmares by Serhiy Zhadan.

The protagonist, Herman has to come back to his native Donbas after years spent away. He has to look into the case of his brother’s sudden disappearance. Herman meets real and unreal characters, his childhood friends and the local mafia. And suddenly, to his own surprise, he decides to stay in his native town with people who love and believe him and need his defense.