The Blessed Ones
Year
2026
Country
Ukraine, Germany, Latvia
Duration
95’
Director
Andrii Lysetskiy
Suddenly thrown into a brutal war, a group of Ukrainian artists must face a once unimaginable question: What can artists do when the world is burning?
The camera observes them dealing with their own transformation and the changed sensibilities of people around them.
News media fail to portray all the shades of wartime experience and all the mutations humans undergo, so it is up to them, the artists, to create a nuanced picture of this catastrophe for the benefit of current and future generations.
Content warning: depiction of war
Production
MaGiKa Film
co-production
Vfs Films, Corso Film, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
In cooperation with ARTE
Sales
www.magikafilm.com.ua,
[email protected]
Director
Andrii Lysetskiy
Director and DOP Andrii Lysetskyi belongs to a famous Ukrainian cinematographic dynasty and is known and loved for his unique cinematographic handwriting and intimate camerawork. Andrii recently completed his directorial debut, a feature-length documentary film Ivan's Land (2020). The international premiere of the film took place at the prestigious Hot Docs documentary film festival in Toronto and has already won several awards. With this directorial debut Andrii has confidently asserted himself as an original author with a distinctive cinematographic vision.Filmography
The Blessed Ones (2026), Ivan's Land (2020)Chart shows
09October17:00
сity Zaporizhia
Location: Dovzhenko Cinema
Organizer: Cultprojector NGO
Partner: Zaporizhzhia Youth Centre
16October00:00
сity Zaporizhia
Location: Zaporizhzhia Regional Universal Science Library
Organizer: Doloni Communication Centre NGO
Partner: Zaporizhzhia Regional Universal Science Library










