Films

OPEN LESSON / ВІДКРИТИЙ УРОК

Open Lesson14 min.
Script and director: Natalia Mashtaler
Director of photography: Oleksandr Mashtaler
Editor: Oleksandr Buzko

The country was waiting and was afraid of EURO – 2012 “She” tried to be ready as hard as she could and as she understood. But will they become a lesson for Ukraine these events in summer days in 2012?
 

FROM THE / ROOF З ДАХУ

From the roof11 min.
Script: Tetyana Harchenko
Director: Tetyana Harchenko
Director of photography: Іvan Ljubish-Kіrdej
Editor: Oleksandr Buzko

"On the roof", with wind and doves, under heavy wires and rusty SAT. This is a 10 minutes length short film, made on the roof of Kyiv skyscraper. Pavlo Zubyuk looks on the city from this point. Here he reads poems to his friends and drinks evening coffee. From the roof you can see the Olympic Stadium, eurofans, patrol helicopters, police and domestics cats. Its another Kyiv and different point of view on Euro.
 

SOCJA AND SAPARA / ЗОСЯ І ЗАПАРА

SOCJA AND SAPARA15 min.
Script and director: Alіsa Kovalenko, Ljubov Durakova
Director of photography: Maryna Ljapyna
Editor: Oleksandr Buzko

Irina – the main character of the film – is a former professional football player, known as Socja. Now she cleans cars. She is coming from Zaporizhzhya to see final game of Euro 2012. There Socja wants to meet her old football friend Sapara to root for a team and remember youth. Waiting for Sapara she turned out in the bosom of fanats from all over the world.
 

A STEP TO EVENT / КРОК ДО СВЯТА

A step to event14 min.
Script and director: Polina Kelm
Director of photography: Dyana Olyfyrova
Editor: Oleksandr Buzko

Republican stadium in Kiev will become the main place in the country during Euro 2012. At the same time there will work a theater of operetta. Its director has decided to compete with Euro and present a fabulous show “Welcome to Ukraine or Journey to love”. This perfomance is supposed to become a visit card of Ukraine.
 

SCRAP METAL / МЕТАЛОБРУХТ

Scrap Metal12 min.
Script and director: Dmitro Gluhenky
Director of photography: Dmitro Gluhenky

Where geography and common sense doesn’t work, there is a place for him. This is a story about a person who has everything. It is not quite the same we used to imagine as the products of contemporary system of values. Living on the edge between alcoholih dreams and wakenings Fenik has found his niche. The only reason to worry about is that scrap metal will be gone soon.
 

EYEWITNESS / ОЧЕВИДЕЦЬ

Eyewitness11 min.
Script and director: Ivan Zotikov
Director of photography: Ivan Zotikov
Editor: Anton Cupko

This is story about a stadium when it was a market, told by a person who took part in all that events. We share his touching and curious look at time he lived in – the 90-ties.
 

AFTER RAIN / ПІСЛЯ ДОЩУ

After Rain12 хв.
Script and director: Natalia Krasilnikova
Script and director: Ruslan Gyryn
Editor: Oleksandr Buzko

During Euro 2012 Khreshchatyk was turned into main fan-sone of the country. More than 300 days there has been a tent camp which occupied certain part of Khreshchatyk. Inhabitans of tent camp are getting ready for visitors. Thus during rain, wind, frost and summer heat there are tents in the middle of the city’s center, and people sit in them. Young and old sit at the sake of Idea and try to convince in it all the street walkers. Our film is not about the politics, but about the city inside the city, because people remain people in any situation.
 

FULL-CIRCLE / ПО КОЛУ

Full-Circle12 min.
Script and director: Andrey Litvinenko
Script and director: Volodymyr Usyk
Editor: Oleksandr Buzko

Valeriy is a street musician, who came to Kyiv during Euro 2012. He decided to play in an electric street railway, which was set especially for championship. This is the snow-white train, decorated with logos and symbolics of the greatest sport event. People in the train are busy with their problems. We see some of passengers are going mad because of them. Musician is a chance for them to take a break from ordinary life and feel happy or go mad much more. Valeriy is on his way. During several days in Kyiv he must make a special Indian flute and sell it to go on his journey. He aspires music of this magic flute touches everyone.
 

GREAT-GRANDFATHER / ПРАДІД

Прадід8 min.
Script and director: Ivan Zotikov
Director of photography: Anton Cupko
Editor: Oleksandr Buzko

This is a film-speculation of the author about his great-grandfather and his destiny, which has lots in common with the story of stadium "Olympic" in 40-ies of ХХ century.
 

FANSONE / ФАНЗОНА

Fansone11 min.
Script and director: Dmytro Konovalov
Director of photography: Dmytro Konovalov
Editor: Oleksandr Buzko

This is a story how championship Euro 2012 burst into quiet and a little sleepy life of the inhabitant of the Kharkiv zoo - ferret Fred. Every day Fred was taken to fansone and two bowls with delicious meals were put in front of him. But when he tried to taste… immediately he was lifted up and everybody shouted FRED!