Prophetic conversation Some years before the Revolution of Dignity, the annexation of Crimea and war in Donbas broke out, I talked to Oleksandra. She showed a photo of the towel of national solidarity. She pointed at the Coat of Arms…
I think it is worth starting with history, correct me if I am wrong: in 2014 you entered feature film direction faculty at Karpenko-Kary University, studied film criticism, and now you are actively writing screenplays. The first question is probably…
Do you know what Kodyma district is famous for? And where is it situated? Would you like to visit Ivashkiv or Shershentsi, Pyrizhne or Zahnitkiv? You are unlikely to have even heard these names. Similarly, you can’t even imagine why…
What Ukrainian regions can be called the biggest treasury of traditional Ukrainian clothes? I am interested in the collections’ exposition. The most engaging are thematic collections, especially with pre-war or war-times clothes which can’t be found in museums. There are…
When did you decide to get into design? As far back as I can remember I have always wanted to create something. But I didn’t get it from the beginning what exactly I want to create. I started to paint,…
Europeans are diving near Odesa The Europeans, who had dived in the best world spots, explored the diving opportunities of the Black Sea near Odesa. 3 groups from Austria and Germany, who are used to incredible Maldives, Egypt and other…
Why Filmar? What prompted the idea of the project? What are the peculiarities? Why Odesa? Olena Chepkevych, “We thought for a long time about the name for the project, we tried to find the most suitable words until our photographer…
Yuliia, please tell how you came up with the idea of launching the Made in Ukraine project? What pushed you? The idea of a blog “How to live a year on Ukrainian goods” appeared back in 2011. I even tried…
A pink shoe, piece of rakes, rest of a toy car, coffee can, a toy pot with a broken bottom, and a lid from a plastic barrel (where cabbage is fermented). Besides different plastic bottles, these are things which were…
It is of no surprise that at the time when Ukraine is returning its position of a real European state, such a conception has turned into an independent international festival with its centre in the town of Vinnytsia, where the…