Ukraine

70', 2020

DIRECTED BY

Volodymyr Lutskiy

PRODUCED BY

Julia Chernyavska, Oleg Shcherbyna

SCRIPTWRITER

Julia Chernyavska, Tetiana Sukhotska

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Roman Elenskiy

EDITED BY

Maksym Desyateryk

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Documentary film “Ancestral Code” is a study of the origins of the Ukrainian people, the search for its identity through the study of the melodism of Slavic ethnographic heritage. Today many talk about brotherhood, spiritual intimacy, affinity. We want to analyze the connection between the neighboring peoples of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus and Poland through music and folklore. The main characters of the film – Ukrainian singer Katya Chili and Belarusian folklorist – Ivan Kirchuk – go on a trip to Ukraine and Belarus to meet the real carriers of musical folklore, to unravel the ancient knowledge bequeathed to us by our ancestors. Our characters will take us through the relict places of preserved traditions. These rites will be reconstructed for viewers in their original form. 

Volodymyr Lutskiy was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2005 he graduated from the Belorussian Theater and Art Institute. During his life he worked at more than 150 films.