Ukrainian News and Documentary Film Studio

A documentary about the history of Ukrainian Cossacks in the Kuban.

Reflection on the way the Soviet production system turns workers themselves into commodities.

The heroine of the film is a talented Ukrainian film actress Maria Kapnist. The film acquaints with the well-known family of Decembrists - Kapnists, with the difficult camp past of the heroine, with screen images of Maria Rostislavovna.

The documentary about the destinies of women who lived or are living in different regions of Ukraine, and explores their destinies in the present. The film tells about the fate of the heroines of the film "Declaration of Love" (1966) Tekla Barmashova (killed in 1922), veterans Elizaveta Marapulets (died in 1982), Maria Lahunova (died in 1995), agronomist Maria Molodyk-Kryvokulska, milkmaid, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR Nina Sribna-Babenko, violinist Lyubov Chaikovska and glider, master of sports Zinaida Solovei. Female heroines and their loved ones share memories, problems, talk about modern Ukraine.

Documentary about the famous Ukrainian philosopher and poet Hryhoriy Skovoroda, which was banned by Soviet censorship. The film only reached the screens 15 years later, during Perestroika era.

The film is about Ivan Honchar, an ardent collector of Ukrainian antiquities, who turned his Kyiv apartment into a unique museum.

In the Volyn region, in a monastery of the XVI century, an old people’s home is located. However, mental patients and former criminals also live there.

Documentary about post-Soviet society’s abandonment of cinema in favour of the free market.

Documentary about mass actions on the streets of Kyiv between 1989 and 1991 just before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

An outstanding poet, student of Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Mykola Vinhranovsky reads excerpts from his teacher's diary, comments on it - thereby emphasizing the tragic fate of the great artist. The film uses a chronicle of the war and post-war years.

To be able to somehow survive, two students pretend to be businessmen from a fictional international business company. Acquainted with several girls, they choose the richest one and marry her. This is followed by a robbery and a search for the criminals by the police.

Documentary about the members of the folklore ensemble "Drevo" from the village of Kryachkivka of the Pyryatyn district of the Poltava region, performing ancient Ukrainian songs. The members of the ensemble were filmed during a meeting with People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR N. M. Matvienko.

A touching cinematic portrait of a woman who survived the 1933 Holodomor and whose life comprised more dramatic moments than a screenwriter could possibly describe. This is one of the first films raising the issue of the Great Famine.

A film about civil defense to protect the population in extreme and emergency man-made and natural situations. Footage from a newsreel was used, showing the training of employees of civil defense enterprises in wartime conditions, the elimination of the consequences of radioactive contamination after the accident at the Chornobyl NPP. Interviews are given by the Deputy Chief of Civil Defense of the USSR, Lieutenant-General M.M. Dolgin, and Lieutenant-General M.S. Bondarchuk.