25.10.2005 //
THE PIT
FIRST UKRAINIAN YOUTH THRILLER!
In theatres - Spring-2006
Tagline:
Again, the thrilling news from Ukraine.
Five students of the university▓s historical department set out
for an archaeological internship under the direction of their professor.
Accidentally they come across an enigmatic cave, where probably
an idol of pagan god Perun is concealed. Suddenly, the professor
disappears. Students decide to go deep into the pit hoping to find
both the idol and the professor. First, they consider the pit an
amusing place but only until they loose its map. The pit which
all of them liked very much ceases to be just an interesting and
safe labyrinth with lots of secret passages and dark corridors.
The death of one of the interns makes them understand that the
jokes are over. Something horrible is hidden in the dark. Searching
the way out, they come to a conclusion: the pit conceals something
in its dark bottoms that▓s dooming them to death. It materializes
their fears and fades the boundaries of real and unreal away. The
students fall into a trap of something beyond their understanding.
Only the couple of loving hearts manage to reveal a secret of the
pit, exterminate the evil and find the way out.
Director, screenplay:
Lyubomyr Kobylchuk
Producer, director of photography, screenplay co-author: Oleksiy Khoroshko
Cast: Sergiy Stasko (Bita), Svitlana Artamonova (Viki), Pavlo Lee (Den), Olga
Storozhuk (Katia), Oleksiy Zabegayev (Maliok)
13.01.2005 //
UKRAINIAN FILM "PUTEVODITEL" IN FORUM BERLINALE 2005
A
new film of a first indepen-dent director
of independent
Ukraine Aleksadnr
Shapiro - "The Guidebook"/"Putevoditel" -
in
Official Selection of Berlinale (Interna-tional
Forum of
New Cinema)
2005.
The world premier of the film will be held 16 February (Wednesday) at 21:30 in Delphi Filmpalast.
The rest screenings are:
- 17 February (Thursday) -
15:15 Arsenal (Deutsch) - 18 February
(Friday) -
19:15 Filmkunsthaus Babylon (Deutsch) - 19 February (Saturday) -
19:30 CineStar 8 (English)
The film contains 11 short novels about the underground points of interest of the Ukrainian capital.
Imagine several cameras moving
from
Kiev outskirts to downtown, filming the
most interesting moments
of urban life
in
different
parts of Kiev. The main
characters of the movie are its viewers
- every day they
get into various situations
and solve various
problems;
but the
leading part in the picture
belongs
to Kiev itself.
Urban tendencies, tastes,
prices, priorities, routes, labor
and housing
market, present - past - future - altogether
it forms
canvas of "The Guidebook".
Philosophical aspect of the movie can
be determined
as "search for the heart
of the city" - a place or a composition
of
components that makes Kiev a European
capital and makes it
different from other
cities of the world. "The Guidebook" is not
just a movie
for aesthetical amusement;
it's a chance to get the most important
and interesting information about the city
in a short time.
The film was made by request of "1+1" TV-channel. Presentation on Berlinale supported by Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine.
All details about the film and the director
see there
