Below are my documentaries, though it’s hard to call all of them strictly documentary. Most are more like documentary sketches filmed in the “process of being.” There is no chronology or system here; the films are placed rather randomly. So, “Enjoy,” as the French say.
01. Common Air
Genre: Documentary Sketch. Location: Kharkiv International Airport. Year: 2014. Key Feature: “Ode to Joy” Performance.
02. Kharkiv-Svatovo-New York Trailer
03. September 16 in Bobroviy Kut – 2 Edition
04. Ukrainian Peacemaking School in Israel
Produced for the Ukrainian Peacemaking School.
A video report documenting the visit of school activists to Israel for an exchange of expertise. The film was produced with the support of the British Embassy in Ukraine.
05. Ukrainian Flag in Washington, D.C.
A short, humorous sketch from the early days of the 2014 war. Featuring the author alongside writer Boris May, father of the well-known musician Zakhar May.
06. Azov Terce
From the series “Our Concert Brigade on the Front Lines.”
This film captures a poignant moment: an elderly soldier, who joined the army specifically to find his son serving on the front, asked for a photograph to send to his wife. As he dictated his home address for the delivery, the crew could barely hold back their tears. It is a story of family, sacrifice, and the search for loved ones amidst the war.
07. The Sniper
From the series “Our Concert Brigade on the Front Lines.”
08. Sloviansk – Euromaidan Kharkiv
From the series “Our Concert Brigade on the Front Lines.”
From the series “Our Concert Brigade on the Front Lines.” This concert featured a special performance by the renowned Ukrainian writer, Serhiy Zhadan.
09. Peacemaker
Genre: War Documentary / Concert at the Front. Location: Bobrovyi Kut, Ukraine. Date: September 16, 2014. Context: Performance for a brigade before the battle of Ilovaisk.
10. Simply Day 28 of Maidan
Just the 28th Day of Maidan. Genre: Documentary / Historical Observation. Location: Kyiv, Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Year: 2014. Context: A journey during the blockade of the capital.
11. Our children’s exhibition
Our children have learned not only to draw, but also to give us grandchildren. 2012
12. Personal exhibition of Irina Borisova, Kharkiv
Our sister arrived from the US for her exhibition, shipping her artworks all the way from America to Kharkiv. 2012.
13. Another exhibition of our children at the Buzok Gallery
An art exhibition featuring our daughters and their children at the Buzok Gallery. Buzok is the English word for “Lilac.” 2013
14. Zak May in Kharkov club Churchil
The son of our friends, a well-known singer-songwriter, including the famous song “When Our Tanks Enter Moscow.” 2009
15. The Streets Two
This is my first documentary sketch about my city. It features the opening of Architects’ Square with models of the seven most iconic landmarks of the city. The dismantling of tram tracks on Pushkinska Street. But the most unique shot is of the washing of the Lenin monument—once the largest Lenin monument in the world. Today, both Lenin and Pushkinska are gone. 2009
16. Border
Our volunteers working on the fortification of the border with Russia. 2014. I still remember a conversation between two men. “Who needs this, what we’re doing? It’s a known fact that during an enemy attack, border guards will hold out for no more than 15 minutes.” “Don’t say that. During a war, those 15 minutes can decide everything.”
17. Eldest Daughter’s Exhibition
My daughter Viktoria Sologubova’s exhibition in Kharkiv, supported by the Nuremberg-Kharkiv Society. Truly proud of her work!
18. Exhibition of daughters and their friend
A joint exhibition by my daughters, Viktoria and Maria, and their friend Polina. I don’t know why they chose this specific title. They couldn’t have known that back in my youth, there was a kind, eccentric man named Oleg Mitasov who lived in the city center. He covered walls and fences with his cryptic writings, and his constant refrain was: “To live where, on earth.”
19. Salinger 90
Films from the “Women Peacebuilder” series
- Mariupol. Varvara Humenna, Ludmyla Chychera, Afina Khadjinova
- Kharkiv. Eugene Dis
- Severodonetsk. Valentina Agafonova, Olena Nizhelska.
- Kramatorsk. Evgenia Muravliova
Music video
- One of the journalists suggested that this music video featuring many friends was filmed with six cameras. He’s a funny one.