Under the Sign of Anchor
Program:
National Competition
Year:
2024
Country:
Ukraine
Genre:
Documentary
Duration:
30’
The elite Kyiv Naval Political College operates in a city without access to the sea. The first Soviet aircraft carrier, “Kyiv”, became the flagship of the Northern Fleet. The school’s students go on a long navigation voyage; meanwhile, in the premises of their alma mater the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is being re-established.
Taras Spivak
A Kyiv-based filmdirector and editor. Until 2022, Taras studied at the Department of Cultural Studies of the National University of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and his interests include media archaeology, semiotics, and psychoanalysis. From 2018 to 2020, he was co-curating the cine-club of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2021, Taras and his fellow film enthusiasts worked on cataloging the archive of the Kyivnaukfilm studio. Since 2021 he has been working as editor of non-fiction films and in post-production. Using retrieved footage and objects in his films, Taras intertwines it in a dialogue, presenting the traditions of film essay, political film, and scientific cinema.
Filmography: Under the Sign of Anchor (2024)
Creative team
Director
Taras Spivak
Camera
Roman Khimei
Editing
Taras Spivak
Music
Roman Vyshnevskyi
Sound Design
Andrii Borysenko
Producer
Lyuba Knorozok
Production
Kinotron Group
World sales company
Kinotron Group
Ukraine sales company
Kinotron Group
Offline film schedule
30.10 |
19:30
Zhovten Cinema | Kinoman
03.11 |
13:00
Zhovten Cinema | Kinoman
