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.