Kostiantyn Shaforenko

Cicuta

Pseudo-documentary style drama about drug addicts. In Kyiv, a dealer named Baroque receives an unknown psychedelic that opens access to another dimension.

Two Yuliias

An unusual love triangle. Julia marries a scientist, a biologist, who discovers an unexpected passion... for a flower.

The Black Council

The Black Council gives a vivid picture of the different levels of society in seventeenth-century Ukraine. The main theme is the need for people to be motivated by high ideals as they engage in the struggle of truth with injustice.

Guidebook

Imagine that several cameras have moved from the outskirts to the center, capturing the most interesting and informative moments of city life in different parts of the city along the way. The characters of the film are its viewers: natives of Kyiv, provincials who have come to seek their fortune, capitalist tourists — in short, those who make life in the city so vibrant. Every day we find ourselves in a variety of situations and solve a multitude of issues, from renting an apartment in the center to finding a notary in Novobelychi — urban trends, tastes, prices, priorities, routes, the labor and real estate markets, the past, present, and future.

Judenkreis: The Eternal Wheel

A completely true story about how a real-life Don Juan comes to a Bukovynsky border town and what happens as a result. In the center of the story is the Ukrainian maiden Marichka’s love, which takes place against the background of numerous coup d’états during the Second World War.

A Woman Not Given to Adventures

Irina seems to be a happy woman: she has a loving husband, two children, and a good job. But one day, Irina falls head over heels in love with Anatoly. The feeling is so strong that Irina decides to leave her family. She has no idea what consequences this will have... Her husband dies of a heart attack. Her children reject her, and she goes to a convent in a state of confusion. Meanwhile, her lover takes on the responsibility of raising her children...

Down With Shame!

The times of NEP. Nineteen-year-old Maria comes from a provincial town to the capital to be with those who are building a bright future. She gets a job, changes her name to a more romantic one - Bianca - and looks forward to meeting the great and pure love about which she has read a lot...

Object ‘J’

The events take place in August 2001, during the days of the tenth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is brought to Kyiv for an exhibition. An attempt is made to steal the painting. Five guards of the Security Service of Ukraine are assigned to protect the priceless canvas.

Cicuta

Pseudo-documentary style drama about drug addicts. In Kyiv, a dealer named Baroque receives an unknown psychedelic that opens access to another dimension.

Two Yuliias

An unusual love triangle. Julia marries a scientist, a biologist, who discovers an unexpected passion... for a flower.

The Black Council

The Black Council gives a vivid picture of the different levels of society in seventeenth-century Ukraine. The main theme is the need for people to be motivated by high ideals as they engage in the struggle of truth with injustice.

Guidebook

Imagine that several cameras have moved from the outskirts to the center, capturing the most interesting and informative moments of city life in different parts of the city along the way. The characters of the film are its viewers: natives of Kyiv, provincials who have come to seek their fortune, capitalist tourists — in short, those who make life in the city so vibrant. Every day we find ourselves in a variety of situations and solve a multitude of issues, from renting an apartment in the center to finding a notary in Novobelychi — urban trends, tastes, prices, priorities, routes, the labor and real estate markets, the past, present, and future.

Judenkreis: The Eternal Wheel

A completely true story about how a real-life Don Juan comes to a Bukovynsky border town and what happens as a result. In the center of the story is the Ukrainian maiden Marichka’s love, which takes place against the background of numerous coup d’états during the Second World War.

A Woman Not Given to Adventures

Irina seems to be a happy woman: she has a loving husband, two children, and a good job. But one day, Irina falls head over heels in love with Anatoly. The feeling is so strong that Irina decides to leave her family. She has no idea what consequences this will have... Her husband dies of a heart attack. Her children reject her, and she goes to a convent in a state of confusion. Meanwhile, her lover takes on the responsibility of raising her children...

Down With Shame!

The times of NEP. Nineteen-year-old Maria comes from a provincial town to the capital to be with those who are building a bright future. She gets a job, changes her name to a more romantic one - Bianca - and looks forward to meeting the great and pure love about which she has read a lot...

Object ‘J’

The events take place in August 2001, during the days of the tenth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is brought to Kyiv for an exhibition. An attempt is made to steal the painting. Five guards of the Security Service of Ukraine are assigned to protect the priceless canvas.

The Muscovite-Sorcerer

Tatyana’s husband left for the business trip. And right away the local ladies’ men begin to put the moves towards a young woman. At first she fights back, but under the pressure of good words and love-making she is ready to put up hands. But the husband’s returning makes allowances in the plans of all characters. Based on Ivan Kotliarevsky` vaudeville The Muscovite-Sorcerer, that, together with operetta Natalka Poltavka (Natalka from Poltava), was landmarks in the development of Ukrainian theater.

Chemical Ink

An irritated truck driver decides to quit his job. However, his boss refuses to return the employment record book. The resulting scandal unexpectedly complicates an already highly emotional situation.

Love Conquers All

Based on the short story collection «A Moment Before Happiness» by Oles Honchar. A love story between a Hungarian girl, Lóri, and a Ukrainian soldier, Sashko, at the end of the Second World War. An unexpected meeting and a fleeting moment of happiness are overshadowed by the advances of a Hungarian man who is obsessed with her. Defending his beloved, Sashko kills the jealous rival. The scandal is then covered up by Sashko’s death.

Tram of Fortune

After a tragic accident that resulted in a person’s death, the one responsible lives an unreal, ghostlike life: the protagonist constantly rides a dark tram whose passengers are his old acquaintances from his former, real life.

Hard to Be a God

Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a mission to contact the local resident of the institute, arrives in the city of Arkanar. But the resident perishes under an unlucky attempt to make a palace coup, and Rumata have to take his place as the resident. Soon he meets all the horrors of the medieval society - a peasant war, palace coups, mass executions. To continue to be an indifferent watcher of all these horrors turns out to be simply impossible...

Doping for Angels

You dreamed of an angel at night, and in the morning you found a gift under your door. And no matter how real the dream may seem, this gift is more likely from a cunning seducer, and the Angel has nothing to do with it. And if you are also an incorruptible auditor, there will always be some cunning tempter who will try to make sure that you stop dreaming about Angels at night...

Tethered to the Runway

When a man cannot get a health certificate from a veterinary, he leaves his dog at the airport. Abandoned, the dog waits for her master, hoping to meet him off of every plane.

Imitator

The young man decides to go into business. The main advantage of "novice businessman" is a great ability to mimic other people's voices.

I, Son of the Working People

The action takes place during the German occupation of Ukraine in 1919. The main characters are folklore characters - the brave soldier Semyon Kotko and the beautiful maiden Sofya.

Marrying Death

End of the 1930s. The times of Stalin's terror. Lieutenant Scherbakov got the order to shoot several "enemies of the people". Unexpectedly, a rural wedding found itself at the crime scene. Pursuant to the instruction, witnesses were also eliminated...

The Wild One

The story of the dramatic life of folk artist Kateryna Bilokur, who sacrificed the love for her calling.

Guard

The events begin during the Euromaidan, where the heroes find themselves on different sides of the barricades: one of them is an officer of the internal troops, others are protesters. When the Russian intervention in Ukraine begins, the former opponents turn up in the National Guard. Different and sometimes conflicting young people have to go through the school of a real fighter. Will the military and recruits, who were "enemies" yesterday, be able to become the only team capable of defending their country?