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Komunalka

Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Duration
11'10'’
Director
Andriy Pryymachenko, Uliana Skytska, Valeriy Puzik, Yulia Ilchenko, Maryna Lopushyn, Mariam Shelia

The film is about how the change of generations in Ukraine can transform the perception of the space around us. It is about the conflict of epochs, the confrontation between initiative and indifference, between openness and a strictly regulated life, in the course of one small renovation.

CREW:
Director: Andriy Pryymachenko, Uliana Skytska, Valeriy Puzik, Yulia Ilchenko, Maryna Lopushyn, Mariam Shelia
Producer: Viktoria Babenko
Cinematographer: Andriy Pryymachenko, Uliana Skytska, Valeriy Puzik, Yulia Ilchenko, Maryna Lopushyn, Mariam Shelia
Editor: Andriy Pryymachenko, Uliana Skytska, Valeriy Puzik, Yulia Ilchenko, Maryna Lopushyn, Mariam Shelia
Sound: Andriy Pryymachenko, Uliana Skytska, Valeriy Puzik, Yulia Ilchenko, Maryna Lopushyn, Mariam Shelia
Production and Sales
DOCemotion, Tel.: +38 032 240 99 49, Viktoria Babenko, [email protected]
Director
Andriy Pryymachenko, Uliana Skytska, Valeriy Puzik, Yulia Ilchenko, Maryna Lopushyn, Mariam Shelia

Andriy Pryimachenko is a director and a cinematographer from Kyiv. As a director, he makes music videos and ads. As a cinematographer, he filmed a feature film The Way to the West (2014) and a short film Wrappers (2015). In addition to working on the film Komunalka, he worked on the documentary recollection Polishchuk and worked with the BABYLON’13 association.
Selected filmography: Komunalka (2016)


Uliana Skytska is a Lviv journalist and an author of TV programs on the 24 News TV Channel (Our People, Made in Ukraine). The film Komunalka is her debut in documentary cinema.
Filmography: Komunalka (2016)


Valerii Puzik lives in Odesa and works in photography. As a director, he made documentary 
films The Street (2010), Debris (2014), Ceasefire (2015), Farewell among the Stars (2015). He was a screenwriter for a feature film The Road to Life (2014), an online series Dugout (2016 – ...) and others. He wrote an upcoming short prose book Monolith.

Selected filmography: The Street (2010), Debris (2014), Ceasefire (2015), Farewell among the Stars (2015), Komunalka (2016)


Maryna Lopushin is a fourth-year student of the department of TV directing at Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Film, and Television University. She actively works with documentary and feature films, as well as in music video production.
Filmography: Komunalka (2016)


Yulia Ilchenko is from Kryvyi Rih and currently lives in Kyiv. She works in communications and considers videos to be one of the most appropriate means to tell some stories, such as the story of decommunization in a communal flat. In addition to Komunalka, she worked on a documentary cycle The Carpathian Card.
Selected filmography: Komunalka (2016)


Mariam Shelia lives and works in Kyiv. In addition to Komunalka, she worked on a documentary cycle The Carpathian Card. She also has some experience with small documentary forms in
the association of filmmakers BABYLON`13.
Selected filmography: Komunalka (2016)


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