Focus: Sergii Masloboishchykov
Programme IFFR 2025
Occasioned by the international premiere of Sergii Masloboishchykov's latest work, Yasa, IFFR is delighted to welcome back an auteur whose first feature, Josephine the Singer and the Mice People, screened at the festival thirty years ago in 1995. Much has happened since, and Masloboishchykov's cinema in both fiction and documentary has borne witness. This retrospective is an invitation to discover a modern master as well as to better understand what's happening in Ukraine.
Overview of films
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…from Bulgakov
Sergii Masloboishchykov | 29' | Ukraine | Dutch Premiere
How to make a film about the endlessly confounding writer Mikhail Bulgakov? Combine the uncombinable. -
The World of Sasha Shumovich + Lider
Two documentary portraits of figures crucial to Masloboishchykov’s work and art. -
Tiger Talk: Sergii Masloboishchykov and the Evolution of Ukraine Through His Cinema
Sergii Masloboishchykov shares his unique perspective on the equally complex cultural and political landscape of his country. -
Nevseremos! People of Maidan + Ukrainian Argument + Invasion
Masloboishchykov turns his camera to the people and their voices in uprisings. -
…from Bulgakov + Two Families
Masloboishchykov inventively explores the lives and legacies of two cultural megaliths. -
The Different One
Sergii Masloboishchykov | 18' | Soviet Union | Dutch Premiere
One soldier loathes another in this claustrophobic tale of violent obsession. -
Invasion
Sergii Masloboishchykov | 30' | Ukraine | Dutch Premiere
A journalist travels to The Hague to give testimony about unspeakable crimes and unfathomable resistance. -
Josephine the Singer and the Mice People
Sergii Masloboishchykov | 104' | Ukraine | None
An adaptation of Franz Kafka and a landmark example of Ukrainian cinema in the 1990s. -
Lider
Sergii Masloboishchykov | 28' | Ukraine | International premiere
A brief and engaging portrait of stage artist and teacher, Daniel Lider, citizen of Kyiv. -
Nevseremos! People of Maidan
Sergii Masloboishchykov | 22' | Ukraine | Dutch Premiere
The Ukrainian Orange Revolution remembered and appraised across class, geography and walks of life. -
The Noise of the Wind
Sergii Masloboishchykov | 80' | Ukraine | Dutch Premiere
Runaway child Alyosha invites inquiry into the pains we inherit in Masloboishchykov’s reworking of Goethe. -
Own Voice
Sergii Masloboishchykov | 77' | Ukraine | International premiere
The lesser-told Ukrainian history of a ubiquitous Christmas carol provokes discussion about heritage and change.