
Oleh Chorny
Directing
Biography
Born in 1963. Graduated from the film director's department of the State Institute of Theatre and cinema in 1985. Worked at the Olexander Dovzhenko State Film Studio in Kyiv, and at various governmental and non-governmental film and video studios. Shot a number of feature shorts, documentaries, ecological and promo films and musical video clips. He is member of the Ukrainian Filmmakers Union. His short feature movies and documentaries participated at programs at Ukrainian and international festivals.
Known For

During field trials at a military range, the inventor unveils the secret and true purpose of his latest weapon. Based on a short story by Sever Gansovsky.
Firing Range

Armed with his brushes, the mural painter Gamlet Zinkivsky roams the streets of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, 20 km from the front line. The artist's initiative does not go unnoticed.
Rain Project
The forces of evil—a little man, his nephew, a girl, and a ninja—steal the Sacred Lily from a monastery. Matsuoka and his companion overcome fantastical challenges in their struggle against these forces in order to rescue the Lily.
The Withered Sakura in My Garden, You Pass Me By Again

The production of a military play at a cultural center has gone wrong.
Young Guard 2

The new work takes a decaying found film and audiocassette originally made by amateur filmmaker Victor Kyzyma, from Blahovishchenske, Ukraine, where an amateur film studio operated at at a collective farm. Found in 2017, the 16mm film was all but destroyed by lime. The directors created a new narrative and structure.
The Tree

This is a remembrance film featuring the picturesque village of Buchak, Cherkassy region, Ukraine where such prominent directors as Yuri Illenko, Sergey Parajanov, Andrei Tarkovsky, Volodymyr Denysenko and others shot their films in the 1950s - 1970s. The film is based on reminiscences by members of film crews and residents of Buchak village.
Hollywood on the Dnieper. Dreams from Atlantis

Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. On the 24th of February, 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine. End of April 2022, the residents of Kyiv are trying to maintain habits of peaceful life, but the war continues.