Philip Sotnychenko

Philip Sotnychenko

36 (1989-01-08)
Kyiv, Ukraine

Studied film and TV directing at Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary Theatre, and graduated in 2016. He’s a co-founder of Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema, a collective of young independent filmmakers. Also working as editor and script-consultant.

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La Palisiada 2024 (5.8)

Ukraine, 1996. 5 months before the moratorium on capital punishment, two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigate a murder of their colleague. Long time ago, both of them were in love with the widow of the deceased. Immersed in the complicated case and long forgotten memories, they create a future where their children have to live, inheriting unrealized aspirations of their parents.
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Technical Break 2017

One extraordinary technical break. A report with no cuts.
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Son 2015

During the political crisis in the Ukraine, young parents are going through a tough divorce. The mother wishes to emigrate with her child, but the father can't imagine living without his son.