Olexa Gorodenko
Also Known As: Олекса Городенко
Biography: As he says: "Ukrainian by origin and spirit". Education: director of theater groups. Writes prose and screenplace.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ukraine
Birthday: April 15, 1954
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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My Carpathian Grandpa
Overview: Young Italian Michele, who has Ukrainian roots, goes to an abandoned Carpathian village to dispel the dust of his mother. Here he meets his grandfather Michael. This unexpected meeting changes their lives forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 2023-12-28
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My Thoughts Are Silent
Overview: Twenty-five-year-old Vadym earns a living recording and selling all kinds of different sounds; nevertheless, he’d rather exchange his life in Kyiv for a better future in far-flung Canada. Thus, when he gets a generous job offer which might help him realise his dream, he jumps at the chance; he soon sets off to record the sounds of animals indigenous to Ukraine and also a rare bird native to the Carpathians. The situation proves somewhat more complicated when Vadym’s companion on the trip turns out to be his mother… To the sounds of a synthesized music score, debuting Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich unfolds a visually creative road movie, in which he demonstrates a highly unusual talent for constructing tragicomic situations.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 2020-01-02
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Mr. Jones
Overview: In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.
Genres: Thriller Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-03
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Beshoot
Overview: Based on a true story. Two fighters of 'Donbas' Volunteer Battalion get locked inside city of Ilovaysk after regular Russian army enters Ukraine and shells the surrounded divisions of Ukrainian Army in the infamous would-be 'green corridor'. The fighters survive thanks to the help of the locals and manage to break out through the front line to reach the freed territory. Taras Kostanchuk who is playing himself as 'Beshoot' is that same Donbas commander who is the prototype of the story. Half of the actors and extras are real 'Donbas' volunteers who survived the battle.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 2019-08-29
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Lalibela
Overview: On the eve of Easter, an icon depicting the Ethiopian Mother of God enters a Ukrainian village. After the icon is noticed by regular parishioners, a conflict begins between the young priest and his flock. Peasants do not agree to have a dark-skinned Mother of God in the church. One night someone makes his way to the church and cuts the icon. After the night events, the icon begins to pour myrrh.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 2022-10-19
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Berenshtein
Overview: The unbelievable story of Leonid Bernshtein, a young Jewish soldier who rose to become the leader and led the operation to destroy the secret facility of the notorious Nazi V2 ballistic missiles.
Genres: Documentary War History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-07
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