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METRO

Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Duration
16'33'’
Director
Lera Malchenko and Oleksandr Hants

As the space capital of the Ukrainian SSR‘, Dnipropetrovsk was a closed city until 1987. This special status allowed the city to start building a subway system. In 1995, six subway stations were opened. But since then, not a single station has been built. For 20 years, each mayor promises to continue the construction. Nowadays, the metro system in Dnipro is one of the shortest in the world. But a small number of passengers and the almost complete lack of invasive advertisements have preserved a special atmosphere in the Dnipro subway, an atmosphere of an underground retro-futuristic city.

CREW:
Director: Lera Malchenko, Oleksandr Hants
Producer: Lera Malchenko, Oleksandr Hants
Cinematographer: Lera Malchenko, Oleksandr Hants
Editor: Lera Malchenko, Oleksandr Hants
Sound: Lera Malchenko, Oleksandr Hants
Production and Sales
fantastic little splash, Tel.: +38 067 547 74 72, Lera Malchenko, [email protected]
Director
Lera Malchenko and Oleksandr Hants

Lera Malchenko and Oleksandr Hants created their own independent film studio called fantastic little splash in 2016, and made their first film Metro as a part of this project. Before that, they filmed for the Kultura Medialna NGO and for Hromadske TV Dnipro.

Selected Filmography

Selected: METRO (2016)

Red Hall
Cinema House
vul. Saksahanskoho, 6
Q&A with directors
Cinema House, Blue Hall
Cinema House
vul. Saksahanskoho, 6
Q&A with directors
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
Alive and Undefeated
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Alive and Undefeated
Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Director
Dariya Hirna
Duration
12'35'’
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Coda
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Coda
Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Director
Anna Korzh
Duration
15’
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Coffee vs. Barbecues
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Coffee vs. Barbecues
Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Director
Dmytro Burko
Duration
13'35'’
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Grey Horses
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Grey Horses
Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Director
Mykola Ridnyi
Duration
43'37''’
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Home Games
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Home Games
Year
2017
Country
UK, Ukraine, France
Director
Alisa Kovalenko
Duration
17’
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Komunalka
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Komunalka
Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Director
Andriy Pryymachenko, Uliana Skytska, Valeriy Puzik, Yulia Ilchenko, Maryna Lopushyn, Mariam Shelia
Duration
11'10'’
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Meanwhile
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Meanwhile
Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Directors
Yulia Appen, Mykyta Lyskov, Oleksandra Vasyna, Natalka Tseliuba
Duration
25’
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Refuge
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Refuge
Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Director
Anastasia Maksymchuk
Duration
20'33'’
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The Diary
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The Diary
Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Director
Olexandra Chuprina
Duration
34’
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The Fall of Lenin
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The Fall of Lenin
Year
2017
Country
Ukraine
Director
Svitlana Shymko
Duration
11’
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The Winter Garden’s Tale
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The Winter Garden’s Tale
Year
2017
Country
Ukraine
Director
Semen Mozgovy
Duration
20’
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