ART in WAR
Directors: Philipp Kohlhöfer
Researcher: Daryna Anastasieva
Executive producer: Lena Lisnyak
Directors of photography: Oleksii Lamakh
General Producers: Leopold Hoesch (BROADVIEW), Daria Leygonie-Fialko, Kateryna Laskari
Cast: Olena Zelenska, Andrei Khlyvnyuk, Taras Topolia, Andrii Yermolenko, Mykhailo Reva, etc.
The film Art in War features musicians Andrei Khlyvnyuk and Taras Topolia, Ukrainian superstars who had performed in Europe and in the US. In 2022 they took up arms and went to defend their country. The filming of the musicians took place on the front, where the film crew talked to them about the role of art in war.
The first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska speaks exclusively in the film. The interview touches upon the topic of changing attitudes of other countries towards Ukrainian art and its artists.
Famous Ukrainian sculptors, artists, actors and art critics also took part in the film.
THE TRACE
Directors: Sergei Krymsky, Alexandra Goncharova, Evgeny Doronin, Andrei Osmolovsky, Yulia Ivaschenko, Margarita Bezkorovainaya, Sergei Sotnichenko, Sergei Storozhev, Maxim Gulenko, Dmitry Malkov, Dmitry Kapranov, Pavel Potatuev, Daniil Grigoriev
Chief Editor: Nina Ponomarova, Lesya Voloshin
Executive producer: Artem Stetsenko
Directors of photography: Vladimir Guyevsky, Sergey Nikiforov, Vitaly Bredik, Valentin Melnichenko, Victor Petrenko, Dmitry Litvinenko, Vasily Chaplygin, Dmitry Oksamytny, Andrey Martsenyuk
General Producers: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, Kateryna Laskari
Cast: Tatiana Kravchenko, Boris Georgievsky, Bogdan Ruban, Alexander Bodnar, Elena Voznesenskaya, Alexey Suvorovtsev, Antonina Khizhnyak, Albina Pererva, Ilya Ponomarenko, Vladislav Fukovsky, Ruslan Koval, Irina Mordusenko, Mikhail Samarsky, Nikita Vakulyuk and others
The structure of SIA (‘Special Investigative Agency’) brings together unique specialists in various fields: coroners, ballista, analysts, operatives, forensic investigators, detectives, IT specialists, etc. Under the leadership of the head of the organization Olga Sergeevna Kosach they provide a full range of complex expertise and research, and also assist the police in solving the most serious crimes.
THE BLIND
Directors: Elizaveta Khomenko, Sergey Umanets, Anatoly Stepanenko, Marina Gorshkova, Alena Novitskaya
Creative producer: Alena Lyashevskaya, Lesya Voloshin
Executive producer: Taras Semeniuk
Directors of photography: Evgeny Mikhailov, Oleg Gorobets, Vladimir Lyudkevich
General Producers: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, Kateryna Laskari
The Blind project is based on a true story. The main character is a blind seer, old lady Lyuba. She has the wisdom of her ancestors and feels the people who come for help. Thanks to signs and special knowledge, she helps the characters and their loved ones to withstand adversity. Her granddaughter Katya helps the seer to connect with the world around her. Katya has a blog where she shares the stories of people seeking help from her grandmother. And she also shares her wisdom: why it is impossible to accept coins as a gift, how a mirror in a bedroom can destroy the strongest marriage, why a mess in the house is dangerous…
FOLKS
Director: Sergei Shcherbin
Screenwriters: Nikolay Soroka, Artem Kobzan, Ruslan Nikulin, Andrey Vishtak
Executive producer: Taras Semeniuk
Directors of photography: Anton Verbin, Bogdan Yakimenko
General Producers: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, Kateryna Laskari
Cast: Gavriil Fedotov, Klavdia Drozd-Bunina, Evgeny Lamakh, Inna Prikhodko, Potap, Stanislav Boklan, Ekaterina Kisten, Valery Astakhov, Alena Uzlyuk, Daniil Belykh, Lesya Samaeva, Alexey Cherevatenko, Elena Olar, Artem Barvinok, Mark Drobot
Artem returns to his native provincial town after having lived in the capital for 10 years. In this time he never once visited his family, nor his girlfriend, whom he once promised to take with him. He happens to be in his homeland for a reason – Artem’s boss wants to build a shopping center on the site, where currently the cultural center stands. Many adventures and trials will be taking place in the main character’s hometown: meeting the family, friends, and first love, as well as rethinking life priorities and true values.
THE WATER POLICE
Directors: Evgeny Doronin, Sergei Krymsky, Dmitry Kapranov, Maxim Gulenko, Anton Shcherbakov, Katerina Niekrasova
Executive Producer: Lena Lisnyak
Chief Editor: Anastasia Budanova
Directors of photography: Vladimir Guevsky, Sergey Nikiforov, Yaroslav Yaroslavsky, Vasily Chaplygin
General Producers: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, Kateryna Laskari
Cast: Alexander Formanchuk, Evgeny Sinchukov, Oleksandr Mavrits, Margo Balasanyan, Katerina Skripko, Arthur Shuripa, Mila Rimar, Roman Mulenko
The water area of the country is a huge territory, living its extremely rich life. But how little we know about it, about the countless number of problems that at any second can disrupt the normal functioning of river arteries. How many crimes the criminal world is trying to bury at the bottom of the not so easily accessible reservoirs. How many secrets do the streams carry with them? We give little thought to these questions. But they remain under the constant control of the Special Department of the Water Police.
The Last Axel
Director: Anario Mamedov
Screenwriters: Ekaterina Grigorieva, Olga Larionova, Valeriy Fialko, Olga Bryleva, Dana Zhane
Executive producer: Elena Melnikova, Igor Gudkov
Director of photography: Alexey Strelov
General Producers: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, Kateryna Laskari
Cast: Angelina Zagrebina, Elena Podkaminskaya, Mikhail Trukhin, Karina Razumovskaya, Alexey Yagudin, Arseny Popov, Evgenia Medvedeva, Alexander Semchev, Fedor Fedotov
The Last Axel is the last attempt of the figure skater Katya to make the most difficult jump both on the ice and in her life. After a sudden death of her father, Katya comes to the capital to get into the team managed by the best coach and compete in the Figure Skating Championship.
Winning the championship for Katya is not a pursuit of success but an aspiration to find freedom for herself and her little sister.
DREAMTEAM
Director: Mariia Riapulova
Executive Producer: Vladislav Zolotarov
Directors of photography: Dmytro Lytvynenko, Vladimir Guevsky
General Producers: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, Kateryna Laskari
Cast: Mikhailo Kukuyuk, Dar’ya Petrozhitska, Anastasia Ivanyuk, Maria Stopnik, Valeria Tovstolus, Marina Veremiychuk, Valeria Fokina, Maria Motorna, Grigoriy Baklanov, Olga Radchuk, Lyudmila Zagorska Stanislav Moskvin, Svitlana Prus
The Dreamtime comedy series tells the story of the head coach of a famous men’s basketball club, who loses his job because of his scandalous character and disdainful attitude towards women. When he returns to his hometown, at his mother’s request, he starts coaching the women’s college team there.
Unfaithful
Director: Evgeny Baranov
Executive Producers: Vladislav Zolotarov, Taras Semeniuk
Director of photography: Anton Verbin
General Producers: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, Kateryna Laskari
Cast: Anna Miklosh, Sergei Strelnikov, Vitaly Kudryavtsev, Taras Tsymbalyuk, Evgeny Lamakh, Lesya Ostrovskaya, Yulia Buinovskaya, Elizar Nazarenko, Viktor Saraikin, Larisa Troyanovskaya, Dasha Barikhashvili, Tatiana Malkova, Danil Shevdenchenko, Alexander Begmar, Ekaterina Sviridenko, Sergey Shcherbin
After a 15-year marriage with Eugene, Elena met Alexei, a businessman, she fell in love with as much as with her legal spouse, and so she secretly married him. Since then, the main character has had two legal husbands, two families, two houses in two cities … For 5 years, Elena has been successfully living a double life. Her pregnancy though destroys a carefully constructed dual relationship pattern. The characters will face a difficult truth and a series of difficult decisions, that will lead to even more dramatic consequences…
FORTUNE-TELLER
Directors: Elizaveta Khomenko, Sergey Umanets, Anatoly Stepanenko, Marina Gorshkova, Alena Novitskaya
Creative producer: Alena Lyashevskaya
Executive Producer: Taras Semeniuk
Directors of photography: Oleg Gorobets, Vladimir Lyudkevich
General Producers: Daria Leygonie-Fialko, Kateryna Laskari
The main characters are Leonora and Alena, the fortune-tellers. They are complete opposites, however, they are united by a common cause. Together, women help those who are in need. Anyone can contact their bureau, and Alena and Leonora will try their best to solve the problem.
Leonora specializes in palmistry, fire fortune-telling, working with knives, mirrors, hairbrushes, etc. Alena is a tarot reader; she reads tarot cards. Also, she works with runes and natural elements – sand, water, plants, stones, etc.