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The outstanding Ukrainian artist Heorhii Narbut lived at the turn of two centuries and died young in 1920. He was enamored with the magazine "The World of Art," studied in Munich, and witnessed the beginning and end of the Ukrainian revolution. His illustrations for Andersen's "The Nightingale" are known to more than one generation of readers.
Jan 1992
A film about a Carpathian folk healer - molfar.
About the fate of the great poet's legacy, which was collected and preserved by his friends and is now kept at the Taras Shevchenko State Museum in Kyiv.
Jan 1995
A short documentary.
Fate did not spare him trials and tribulations. It is impossible to imagine a more shameful punishment than being deprived of the right to write and paint, than years of exile as a soldier in the Orenburg Corps. However, military service did not destroy Taras's faith in God and people.
Jan 1996
The events of 1935–36 sent scientists, cultural figures, and Comintern workers to Solovki. Instead of a realm of free labor, there were prisons and camps; instead of blue socialism, there was the tyranny of petty Macbeths at the bottom of the camp hierarchy. This is a short documentary about Les Kurbas, a Ukrainian playwright.
Dec 1991
The trials and tribulations of the wives and daughters of repressed "counterrevolutionaries" who shared the fate of their relatives in the Solovki camps.
Ukrainian artistic avant-garde of the 20s and one of its founders - Oleksandra Ekster. Talking about the artist's work, the baroque-futuristic style of Ukrainian origin, the authors of the film seek to create an image of creative imagination, synthesizing metaphors of historical events and whims of fantasy.
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A two-part documentary about Doomsday sectarians.
The events of 1935–36 sent scientists, cultural figures, and Comintern workers to Solovki. Instead of a realm of free labor, there were prisons and camps; instead of blue socialism, there was the tyranny of petty Macbeths at the bottom of the camp hierarchy. This is a short documentary about Mykola Kulish, a Ukrainian writer.
The characters in the film try to understand the bioenergetic and informational influence of works of art on the psychological state of the viewer and listener. Scientists, psychologists, psychotherapists, a composer, and an artist seek answers to the question: why do some works depress, others pacify, and still others evoke feelings of joy? Is it possible to use this to treat people?
Mykola Zerov was another prisoner of the Solovki camps. He was an outstanding Ukrainian poet, an excellent translator of ancient works, and a scholar of philology. Like others, he was destroyed by the repressive machine on Solovki.
The history and present day of Kyiv's cemeteries.
The history of the Galagan family's art collection. In 1917, the family estate was destroyed, but Vasyl Ivanovych Murashko saved the collection, which, after restoration, became the basis of the Chernihiv Art Museum.
Is the choice of symbols for the state of Ukraine accidental? How far back in history do their origins lie? The blue and yellow colors of the flag and the trident on the coat of arms have been known since the time of the Grand Dukes of Kyiv. The film takes us even further back, 7,000 years ago, to say with certainty that the symbols of Ukraine were passed down to descendants from their ancestors.
The story of an old Bukovinian who returned to his homeland after some time. His heart rejoices at the magnificent scenery of the Carpathian Mountains, his meeting with Chernivtsi, folk customs, and folklore creations.
About the renowned clinician, scientist, and first academician among Ukrainian physicians, Teofil Gavrilovich Yanovsky, who valued compassion above worldly fame. All of Kyiv attended the funeral of the Doctor in 1928.
Jan 1993
A short educational film.