Film (selected scenes) Bullet Catcher – Meet the filmmaker Lesya Kalynska! Pavlo Gintov on the piano

The Ukrainian Museum is pleased to present an evening with “Bullet Catcher” film director and producer LESYA KALYNSKA, who will screen selected scenes from the documentary in progress. A video recording with a message from director, producer, and director of photography, RUSLAN BATYTSKYI, will also be shown. The authors will share their experience in directing the film during the revolution and war. They will discuss the many challenges and discoveries in producing this independent Ukrainian-American-Norwegian film.

The program will open with a musical introduction by pianist PAVLO GINTOV, first prize winner of Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan.

Post screening Q&A discussion with the filmmaker; the evening will close with a light reception.

This event is co-sponsored by “Razom for Ukraine.”

Synopsis:
Several ordinary people are transformed into revolutionaries as millions of Ukrainians made their voices heard during the Revolution of Dignity, which took place at Maidan, a central square of Kyiv. Svitlana, Pavlo, Serhii and Vadym become members of self-defense movement, Ivan Lenyo and the band Kozak System inspired and engaged peaceful protesters with their songs, and Bohdana become media activists who streamed the events from Ukraine to world. The center of the film is a dramatic journey of Svitlana and Pavlo, who met in Maidan and instantly fell in love. Though they began as joyful activists who sang words of peace and love, they soon found themselves in a conflict much darker and more sinister: war in the eastern border of Ukraine. These once peaceful demonstrators decide to transform themselves into a politician and a soldier to fight corruption and a war with Russia.

Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/bOwi13a6Hd4

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