National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2008.

The program "Kamerton" is dedicated to the work of the Ukrainian poetess Lesya Ukrainka.

On the video: photos from the exhibition of the Lesya Ukrainka Museum, family, landscapes of Zhytomyr and Volyn regions, the poet's creative work.

Comments: Head of the Lesya Ukrainka Literary and Memorial Museum of the city of Novograd-Volynskyi Vira Rimska; Mayor of Novograd-Volynskyi Mykola Borovets; artist Anton Veselskyi; world champion in weightlifting Oleksandr Didovets; entrepreneur Mykola Martyniuk; pediatrician Halyna Glazova (a descendant of the Kosach family); coordinator of the public association of creative intelligentsia Valentyna Ksenzuk.

Lesya Ukrainka's letters are read by Lyudmila Ardelyan.

The film uses materials from the Central State Film, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine named after Gordiy Pshenichny and photos provided by the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the NAS of Ukraine.

How Lesya Ukrainka Lived and Created

March 20, 2013, Kyiv.

The plot is dedicated to the presentation of Ivan Dzyuba's book "Not a Separate Life" at the Kyiv Planetarium.

On the video: presentation of the book, comments from visitors; Olena Boyko talks about the concept of the cover; photos of dissidents and "sixties"; comments from the author; spectators in the hall.

Comments: General Director of the "Lybid" Publishing House Olena Boyko; Director of the "Znannya" Society Vasyl Kushnir; Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, writer Ivan Dzyuba; Ivan Dzyuba's wife Marta Dzyuba.

The following worked on the publication: Olga Skotnikova, Valentyna Brechko.

"Not a Separate Life" by Ivan Dzyuba

State-owned enterprise “Ukrainian Television Film Studio ”Ukrtelevizija," 1989.

The documentary film “And Our Voice Will Be Heard by the World” is dedicated to Ukrainian writers who were killed by the Soviet authorities—Mykola Kulish, Mike Johansen, Mykola Khvylovy, Grigory Kosynka, Mikhail Semenko, Yevgeny Pluzhnik, Valerian Pidmohylny, Mykola Zerov, Grigory Epic, Vasily Mysyk, and Vladimir Sosyura.

The video features: opening credits, commentary by prose writer Vasyl Mink, archival newsreels, footage of Kharkiv, a speech by writer Dmytro Pavlychko, actress Natalia Uzhvi posing as Kateryna for the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Kharkiv, commentary by the wife of writer Mykhailo Semenko — Lilia, the railway, cases against writers, a letter from Valerian Pidmohylny from Solovki, propaganda Solovetsky chronicle, an excerpt from Mykola Zerov's translation of Byron's poem, Baikove warehouse, footage from the feature film “The Zone” based on Mykola Kulish's play, commentary by film director Mykola Mashchenko, the Solovetsky Theater, recitation of poems by poet Volodymyr Sosiura, archival photographs.

Killed by the Soviet authorities

State-owned enterprise ‘Ukrainian Television Film Studio ’Ukrtelevizor", 1981.

In the video, writer Pavlo Zagrebelny reads an excerpt from the novel ‘Roksolana’ — the chapter ‘Revenge’.

Pavlo Zagrebelny reads an excerpt from ‘Roksolana’

24 June 2011, Kyiv.

A plot about writer Vasyl Shklyar's creative evening. The artist's house, Vasyl Shklyar signing books, fundraising for the film adaptation of the writer's novel, Shklyar's speech on stage, former Minister of Regional Development Vasyl Kuybida reading his poem for Shklyar and presenting him with flowers.

Comments: volunteer Taras; readers; writer Vasyl Shklyar.

Vasyl Shklyar's creative evening

1997, National Television Company of Ukraine. A programme from the series ‘In the Beginning Was the Word...’ dedicated to writer and Hero of Ukraine Pavlo Zagrebelny. Hosted by Teodozia Zarivna.

The video features opening credits, the host's stand-up, interviews with Pavlo Zagrebelny, Mykhailo Slaboshpytskyi, and Yevhen Pashkovskyi about Zagrebelny.

Interview with Pavlo Zagrebelny. Part 2

1997, National Television Company of Ukraine. A programme from the series ‘In the Beginning Was the Word...’ dedicated to writer and Hero of Ukraine Pavlo Zagrebelny. Hosted by Teodozia Zarivna.

The video features: opening credits, the host's stand-up interview with Pavlo Zagrebelny, Volodymyr Yavorivsky and Ivan Drach talking about Zagrebelny, archival video footage of the writer from 1981, and scenes from the films ‘Roksolana’ and ‘Yaroslav the Wise’.

Interview with Pavel Zagrebelny. Part 1

Ternopil Television, 2007. The episode of the program "Literary Living Room" is dedicated to an interview with poet and playwright Serhiy Lazo.

On the video: interview with Serhiy Lazo, recitation of poems, performance of songs with a guitar; story about life, creativity, poetic searches.

Host — critic, candidate of philological sciences Petro Soroka.

Reference: Serhiy Lazo is a Ukrainian writer, poet, playwright and translator, member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, author of poetic, prose and dramatic works, as well as numerous songs. His work covers literature, music and theater, has been translated into many languages, and has been awarded national and international literary and artistic prizes.

"Literary Living Room": poet Serhiy Lazo

1990, National Television Company of Ukraine.

In the video, Doctor of Philology, Professor Anatoliy Pogribnyi talks about the history of writing, the theme and the idea of ​​Ivan Kotlyarevsky's poem "Aeneid". The host is near the camera. Fragments of the television version of the play "Aeneid" are presented.

The history of writing Kotlyarevsky's "Aeneid"

December 17, 2009. A report about children's books and gifts for boarding schools. A book fair, Ivan Malkovich tells children about Nicholas, children are given gifts, a boarding school pupil tells a fairy tale, stalls with children's literature, a journalist's stand-up. Comments: a visitor to the fair; director of a children's publishing house Andriy Simonov; saleswoman Maria.

Children's books for boarding schools

2008, National Television Company of Ukraine. Literary programme ‘Book UA’. The main character of the episode is Ukrainian literary scholar, cultural expert, translator, researcher of modernism and feminist criticism Solomiya Pavlychko. Hosted by Marina Bondarenko.

The video features: opening credits, host introductions, sections: ‘Events. Ukraine’, ‘In a nutshell’, ‘Main character’, ‘Events. World’, ‘What to read’, ‘Unknown history’, ‘Replica’.

‘Events. Ukraine’: charity book fair at the Ukrainian House; celebrations for Yevhen Sverstiuk's birthday; presentation of the book ‘Ivan Mykolaychuk. Screenplays.’

‘Main Character’: Solomiya Pavlychko's family, friends, and colleagues talk about her. Archival photos and videos, newspaper articles, books. Comments: composer and friend Kyrylo Stetsenko; honorary president of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, colleague Vyacheslav Bryukhovetsky; writer, friend Oksana Zabuzhko; Valentyna Kyrylova, director of the Osnovy publishing house, friend and colleague; Rostyslav Semkiv, director of the Smoloskyp publishing house, former student of Solomiya Pavlychko; Dmytro Pavlychko, writer, father of Solomiya.

Events. World: closure of libraries in the United States; results of the film projects Great Ukrainians and The Name of Russia; Joanne Rowling's Tales of Beedle the Bard breaks records; unknown work by Mark Twain; intimate letters by Robert Burns; death of director and playwright Yuriy Friedman; youngest writer.

‘Unknown History’: facts about Olena Pchilka and Olga Kosach.

‘Replica’: commentary by singer and composer Viktor Morozov.

"Book UA": Solomiya Pavlychko

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 2006.

The TV film "Poems Read One Day" is dedicated to Dmytro Pavlychko's recitation of his own poetry.

The video shows a walk with Dmytro Pavlychko, various landscapes of Kyiv, nature.

Reference: Dmytro Pavlychko is one of the key poets of Ukrainian literature of the second half of the 20th — early 21st centuries, whose work combined the classical form (sonnet, poem) with acute historical, national and moral issues. His poetry and translations became an important tool for establishing the Ukrainian language in the world cultural context and forming a modern Ukrainian literary tradition. Pavlychko played a decisive role in preserving the continuity between European classics and the Ukrainian poetic canon.

Books and literature