Svitlana Lishchynska
Directing
Biography
Svitlana Lishchynska (Ukranian: Світлана Ліщинська; born 1970, Mariupol) is a Ukrainian documentary film director. Svetlana has worked for more than 25 years for the leading Ukrainian TV channels. She directed numerous reality shows and documentary projects. Since 2015, Svetlana has been engaged in film production. She has directed several documentaries and written two full-length feature films. During the period of the Russian invasion, Svitlana is filming a documentary about her family from Mariupol.
Known For
The film tells the stories of three protagonists, which are intertwined in one story about the Master: a rural school pupil who dreams of ballroom dancing – Makar, world champion in ballroom dancing – Alex Ivanets, and his first teacher – Petro Horhol, who lives in a small Ukrainian town of Poltava.
Ballroom King
Svitlana, a Russian-speaking Ukrainian, examines the colonised part of her consciousness and tries to find answers to the question of how Soviet totalitarianism and Russification influenced the relationships within her family.
A Bit of a Stranger
Putting his reputation at stake, the ambitious Ukrainian border guard finds the masterpieces of art stolen in Verona.
Treasures of Verona
The main character, 36-year-old Polina, is a perfectionist who seeks to arrange her life according to social standards, as a result of which she develops depression. Polina gets a job in a thrift store: it's quiet there, but you have to sell not perfect things to imperfect people. She is faced with a choice: to return to a prestigious job that destroys her, or to stay in an imperfect world and be happy.
Goodbye, Fashion!
Military actions have been ongoing in the East of Ukraine for 3 years now. From the first days of war in different hot military action zones women are part of the actions and perform military tasks. However, society still retains an ambiguous, stereotypical attitude towards women in the army...
Invisible Battalion
Whilst doing research on the Soviet-Afghan War, documentary filmmaker Maryna meets Vyacheslav, an ex-soldier with a unique archive of footage, notes, personal journals and photographs taken by now deceased members of his batallion during the conflict, causing them both to learn about confronting the past and overcoming the horrors of war in the wake of a new Russian agression now threatening Ukraine.
Crossing Oxus
"Mariupol. Reconstruction" is a film about a lost city. Director Svetlana Lischinskaya shares her memories and tells the story of her relationship with the city. She meets with refugees from Mariupol to remember with them what the city was like before it was destroyed by Russian troops