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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Valentyn Vasyanovych

Valentyn VASYANOVYCH (1971, Ukraine) studied Cinematography and Documentary Filmmaking at the Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kiev. In 2007, he graduated from the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Poland. He released his first feature film, Business As Usual, in 2012. His 2017 feature, Black Level, won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Ukrainian Feature at the Odessa International Film Festival. Atlantis (2019) won Best Film in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival.

Filmography

Proty sontsya/Against the Sun (2004, short doc), Zvychayna sprava/Business as Usual (2012), Kredens (2013), Crepuscule (2013, doc), Riven chornoho/Black Level (2017), Atlantis (2019)

Valentyn Vasyanovych op IFFR

  • Atlantis

    Valentyn Vasyanovych | 106' | Ukraine | None

    Grim but urgent portrait of a traumatised Ukraine, in a crisis of almost apocalyptic proportions following the war with Russia.
  • The Tribe

    Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy | 130' | Ukraine | None

    A newcomer arrives at a boarding school for deaf teenagers. Their world is defined by power, violence and exploitation. To survive there, you have to