
Volodymyr Yatsenko
Production
Biography
Volodymyr Yatsenko was born in Donbas region, Ukraine. Graduated from Kyiv National Economic University as an economist, then from Kyiv National Theatre, Cinema and Television University as a producer. Volodymyr is the co-owner and general producer of the production company Limelite and ForeFilms. During 11 years Limelite produced more that 600 commercials video, producing both national films and international co-productions. He is the Head of Film Industry Association of Ukraine and the Head of the Social Council at the Ukrainian State Film Agency. Participant of Producers Network 2017 and KVIFF MIDPOINT Intensive 2017 and EAVE Marketing Workshop 2017.
Known For

After the explosion of the Earth, the Ukrainian space trucker Andriy becomes the only human in the Universe until French woman Catherine calls him from the faraway space station. Andriy decides to see her despite all the obstacles.
U Are the Universe

A series about the evolution of various spheres of Ukrainian culture and its modern heroes. This is the result of 100+ interviews and stories about how whole layers of culture were created in Ukraine. It is an attempt to capture the outbreak that is happening today and that we are waiting for tomorrow, to understand the strengths and weaknesses, identify trends and find answers to questions that concern. Each episode reveals an important topic: from the phenomenon of Ukrainian pop music and clipmaking to movies, comedy, street art and local clothing brands.
Flash

Having lost his oldest son in the war between Russia and Ukraine, Mustafa resolves to bring the boy’s body to the land of his birth: Crimea. Together, he and his younger son set out on a journey that will profoundly mark their relationship.
Homeward

The protagonist, Herman has to come back to his native Donbas after years spent away. He has to look into the case of his brother’s sudden disappearance. Herman meets real and unreal characters, his childhood friends and the local mafia. And suddenly, to his own surprise, he decides to stay in his native town with people who love and believe him and need his defense.
The Wild Fields

Kolya and Vasylii learn that their father, who left them when they were children, is dying in Luxembourg, far away from them. One of them wants to go and find his father, while the other one does everything he can to prevent the first from leaving the country. As a result, they both go to Luxembourg in search of their dad: Kolya considers him a hero, while Vasylii thinks he is a scoundrel.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg

A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.
Atlantis

Jonas pretends to be blind and enters a TV dance contest, where he meets his attractive dance partner Saule. Soon they become the show's most popular contestants. While the whole nation thinks that Jonas is blind, Vytas, an old acquaintance of Jonas, is released from prison. As reminders of the past keep creeping up on them, Vytas is suppressing contradictory feelings - to seek revenge or forgiveness in such a manipulative world - for sins that were and for sins to be made.
Invisible

In the absence of sex education in school and at home in a Russian province in the early 90's, the boy Serezja discovers his sexuality in a strange and comical way in which an accordion plays a crucial role.
Accordion Dreams

A story about relationships between children and adults broken by shaky 1990s in Ukraine. The boy Tymophii befriends a weird man named Felix. He's the veteran of Afghan war, he has PTSD and he loves music.
Rock Paper Grenade

Christina is a Ukrainian woman who moved to Israel through a ‘bride-to-order’ kind of deal. Compared to her life back in Ukraine, life in Israel is great for Christina. She works in a beauty salon, earns her own money, and loves Israel. Her Israeli husband Michael is also satisfied with this marriage. He is happy that he found a woman who can live with him. In fact, he is so satisfied that he starts his own little business scouting for Ukrainian brides for other Israeli men. Michael’s recent matchmaking is a special one—the bride’s name is Valeria, and she’s Christina’s younger sister. Michael went out of his way and found the best man he could get for her. His name is Eitan, and while he may not be the most handsome guy in the country, he is a good-hearted, generous man. However, Valeria is different to her older sister. And the whole delicate balance is at risk.
Valeria Is Getting Married

The film analyzes the importance of cinema in the context of hybrid warfare and highlights the role of filmmakers in shaping national consciousness, serving as a cultural foundation for the country, and supporting Ukraine on the international stage.
Resilience and Unity. Filmmakers Explain How Not to Lose the Future

At the age of 16, Maria is in despair after the death of her mother as her life turns into hell. But she has to deal with the new circumstances. Every day turns into a trial. She is being isolated in a small apartment in one of Kyiv’s Residential districts, constantly suffering from sexual abuse. Being forced into this situation yet again, Maria decides on a desperate deed to put an end to years of violence from which she has suffered.
Maria

Victoria is a call center operator for the Psychological Support Service. She lives with a drug addict partner and dreams of reconciliation with her son, who is temporarily raised by her mother. When her partner steals the only money they've had and disappears, and her mother announces she's about to sue for the child's custody, Victoria decides that the only one way out is to commit suicide. However, at the very edge between life and death, she finds the true path to herself.
Operator Victoria

At the disco Andriy, an 18-year-old boy, meets his classmate Zhenya, who moved away from their provincial town a few years earlier. When Zhenya disappears, all suspicion falls on Andriy who returns home in his friend’s sneakers. Zhenya's father, a local criminal authority, independently begins the search for his son.
Jordan ‘96

A dystopian story set in post-war Ukraine, where a frustrated film director struggles to make the most of his life after being denied the opportunity to pursue his movie-making career. Estranged from his wife and daughter, who have been living in Vienna and are reluctant to return to their war-torn nation, the director tries to find solace in his conviction that the difficult times will pass and life will return to normal.
To the Victory!

Ukraine. The time of the military Russian invasion. Two Ukrainian soldiers are doing the "routine" work of transporting the bodies of the dead.
Alive

Business analyst Andriy, loaded with his work affairs and responsibilities, takes care of his father's post surgery rehabilitation. Trying to be in several places at the same time and worrying about the needs of others, Andrew forgets about his own.
Good Boy

The digitizing of human souls means the nature of humanity itself changes in the future.
Eternity
Plot TBA. Represents Radu Jude's feelings of "creative obligation" to Romania and channels Roberto Rossellini's 1948 film 'L'amore' while exploring sociopolitical tensions in Europe.
Love Diptych

Night after night The Censor and his team mould Yoko's memories into fantastical dreams. Tonight nothing happens as planned.