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 + Two Families
Masloboishchykov inventively explores the lives and legacies of two cultural megaliths.
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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.
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Nevseremos! People of Maidan + Ukrainian Argument + Invasion
Masloboishchykov turns his camera to the people and their voices in uprisings.
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The World of Sasha Shumovich + Lider
Two documentary portraits of figures crucial to Masloboishchykov’s work and art.
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…from Bulgakov
How to make a film about the endlessly confounding writer Mikhail Bulgakov? Combine the uncombinable.
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The Village Doctor
In his debut film, Masloboishchykov adapts Kafka’s tale of an anti-existential hero.
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The World of Sasha Shumovich
A documentary made in the memory and honour of cameraman Sasha Shumovich, murdered in 1996.
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Ukrainian Argument
Masloboishchykov’s continued investigation into Ukrainian politics and protest turns its gaze to Maidan, 2013.
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Nevseremos! People of Maidan
The Ukrainian Orange Revolution remembered and appraised across class, geography and walks of life.
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Own Voice
The lesser-told Ukrainian history of a ubiquitous Christmas carol provokes discussion about heritage and change.
