Oleksandr Koval

Two years after the Chornobyl nuclear accident survivors come together to remember the aftermath of the tragedy.

Documentary about post-Soviet society’s abandonment of cinema in favour of the free market.

A touching cinematic portrait of a woman who survived the 1933 Holodomor and whose life comprised more dramatic moments than a screenwriter could possibly describe. This is one of the first films raising the issue of the Great Famine.

The main character of the film is grandpa Ivan, a trembita player from Ivano-Frankivsk region. Through his story, Oleksandr Koval returns to his favorite method - looking at the Ukrainian village via intimate stories of his inhabitants.

Documentary film about the outstanding Ukrainian humorist Ostap Vyshnia.

Documentary about the famous Ukrainian philosopher and poet Hryhoriy Skovoroda, which was banned by Soviet censorship. The film only reached the screens 15 years later, during Perestroika era.

The filmmaking debut by Oleksandr Koval, which was filmed as a graduation work at the "Ukrkinokhronika" studio on the invitation of its director Viktor Shkurin. Story about the crew of Afanasiy Nikitin rescue ship in the Black Sea near Odesa. The film conveys the true poetics of the sea, the love for which arose in the filmmaker during his numerous internships at various studios in the USSR, including the ones located in Magadan.

The figure of the world-famous Ukrainian artist Ivan Fedorovych Marchuk, whose paintings present Ukrainian art on all continents of the world, became the basis of this documentary.