Cinematic Record
Films
Documentary works that reclaim the forgotten identity of these regions — preserving the people, industry, and heritage that Soviet myths tried to erase.
EuroKryvbas
2026 · 71 min · DocumentaryThe documentary film "EuroKryvbas" updates Soviet myths and reveals that more than a century ago, the Dnipro region was an integral part of the European economy.
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- Kryvbas
- Original language
- Ukrainian
- Production studio
- 435 Films, Be Brave Films
- Awards & honours
- Selection: Odessa Film Festival
Crew- Director / ProducerAnna Palenchuk
- Director / WriterMaryna Tkachuk
- WriterKornii Hrytsiuk
- CinematographerYevheniia Bondarenko
- ComposerRobbie Teehan
People in the film- SubjectJohn Hughes
- SubjectOleksandr Pol
- SubjectHenry Laud
- SubjectJohann Jacob Esau
- SubjectCharles Henry Perry
Eurodonbas
2021 · 73 min · DocumentaryThe documentary Eurodonbas uncovers the region's forgotten 19th-century European legacy—built by international entrepreneurs and later erased by the Soviet Union — just before many of these historical sites were destroyed in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
View filmPosterFilm record- Region
- Donbas
- Original language
- Ukrainian
- Production studio
- 435 Films, Be Brave Films
- Awards & honours
- Selection: Hot Docs (Canada), FilmFestival Cottbus (Germany), Kharkiv MeetDocs (Ukraine).
Crew- Director / WriterKornii Hrytsiuk
- Producer / WriterAnna Palenchuk
- CinematographerBohdan Kinashchuk
- SoundVasyl Yavtushenko
- ComposerAnton Dehtiarov
People in the film- SubjectJohn Hughes
- SubjectErnest Solvay
- SubjectEdward Ferdinand Bergenheim
- SubjectAleksey Alchevsky
