Project Detail

Kiev Unbroken

Synopsis

Finally freed from Russian domination, Ukraine and its recent, controversial, revolution has led to a cultural explosion as the number of young artists mushrooms in the capital. Kiev Unbroken: Ukraine Reborn is the first feature length documentary to cover both the bloody Maidan Square uprising of 2014 and the artistic shockwaves that have followed it and which continue to this day - all in the midst of a country at war.

Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Features
Running time: 94 mins
Format: 1080p Pro Res video
Director: Phil Strongman
Producer: Phil Strongman
Co-Producer: Mat Flasque, Kuba Dziewa
Executive Producer: David Drury
Editor: Jon Nathan
Director of Photography: Kuba Dziewa
Sound: Sonke Prigge
Composer: Vlada Buchko, Sonke Prigge
Principal cast: Roman Minin, Panivalkova, Ubik Litvin, Vlada Buchko, Volodymyr Shuvayev, Yuri Reznichenko

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Phil Strongman

philolafilm@gmail.com

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