fiction feature film
Ukraine. Mariupol. February 24, 2022. On this day, childhood ended for 13-year-old Sasha. The war has begun. Having been wounded in the eye, he and his mother end up in a military hospital, and then captured by Russian occupants. Son and mother are forcibly separated.
He is sent to an orphanage in Donetsk, and she is sent to prison in Russia. Sasha manages to escape from captivity and now he lives with only one goal - to save his mother.
CREATIVE TEAM
OLEKSIY MAMEDOV, scriptwriter
Screenwriter, director
Education
2000 – 2006 University of Television and Film Munich, Germany (film directing department under Andreas Gruber and Caroline Link )
1995 – 2000 Köln University, Germany (philosophy department)
Experience
2012 – 2024 Teacher in directing and screenwriting at various film schools.
2006 – 2024 Director, screenwriter
Filmography
2024 «SONNY», 18 min, screenwriter, director, anthology film under the title ""WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF ANIMALS""
2023 «AZART» 100 min, screenwriter, animated feature film, co-author with Oleksiy Panteleev
2022 «MAXIM OSA» screenwriter, co-writer with Irene Rozdobudko
2021 «THE GOOD BAD MAN» screentwriter, co-writer with Stanislav Güntner
2019 «SIN/MICHELANGELO» screenwriter, co-writer with Andriy Konchalovsky
2016 «REPUBLIC OF PILGRIM» screenwriter, co-writer with Sergiy Korotun
2012 «NEMEZ» 100 min., screenwriter, co-writer with Stanislav Güntner, EASTMAN Kodak Award, Hof International Film Festival, Bavarian Film Award 2012/ VGF-Nachwuchsproduzentenpreis
ROMAN KLYMPUSH, producer
Producer, line producer
Education:
1998 - 2003 - Kyiv Institute of International Law of KNU named after T. Shevchenko, Master of International Private Law
Professional experience:
2024 "WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF ANIMALS" anthology film, directors: Oleksiy Mamedov, Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi, Andriy Lidagovskyi, Svyatoslav Kostyuk, Yuliya Shashkova, Maksym Tuzov, Sota Cinema Group company
2023 "DOVBUSH" directed by Oles Sanin, Pronto Film company
2023 "DEADMAN`S PASS" directed by Georgy Fomin, Directory Cinema company
2022 "THE REVENGE OF SHINY SHRIMPS" directed by Maksym Govare, Apple Tree Productions
2021 "OLGA" directed by Elie Grappe, Pronto Film company
2021 "THE LAST MERCENARY" directed by David Sharon, Apple Tree Productions
2019 "THE PAINTED BIRD" directed by Vaclav Marhoul, Directory Cinema company
2018 "WHEN TREES FALL" director Marysya Nikityuk, Directory Cinema company
2018 "IN COLD BLOOD" directed by Frédéric Petitjean, Pronto Film company