Іn the Eyes of the Sons

Program:

National Competition

Year:

2024

Country:

Ukraine

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

16’

A father takes his sons out on an ice fishing trip. The younger one is happy to spend time with his dad, while the older one keeps a deep resentment towards his father, who once abandoned the family. At one point, the trip turns into a challenge in which everyone faces a difficult choice.

Schedule

Sviatoslav Kostiuk

A film director and journalist from Lviv. Since 2013, he has been writing screenplays, social advertisements, TV spots, and short films. He was awarded at the “Coronation of the Word” International Literary Competition in the category “Screenplays”, got into the finals of the Short Doctoring educational programme at KISFF 2015 (Kyiv International Short Film Festival), participated at “The Next Big Thing” contest, and the KISFF 2016 festival. Besides, he directed one of the short films in the film anthology film WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF ANIMALS.

Filmography: Підводна пригода (2024), Чекаючи Маргариту (2016)

Creative team

Director

Sviatoslav Kostiuk

Screenplay

Vitalii Voitseshchuk, Sviatoslav Kostiuk

Camera

Yurii Pyzhenkov

Editing

Yurii Hrytsiv

Production

Sviatoslav Makitra