State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm" and Ukrainian Studio of Chronicle and Documentary Films, 1992.

A film-story ""Sinful" Dozia from Kryvorivna" about the tragic fate of a resident of the village of Kryvorivna in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, former political prisoner Theodosia Sorokhan, exiled to Siberia for "three true words".

In the video: screensavers, Theodosia Sorokhan tells her story, the nature of the Carpathians, the landscapes of the village, the everyday life of the Hutsuls, the local church, baking Easter cakes, celebrating Easter according to folk traditions, the local cemetery, the church, comments from residents.

"Sinful" Dozia from Kryvorivna, 1992

State enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1986.

The film "Verkhovyna" is dedicated to the life and traditions of the inhabitants of the Verkhovyna Highlands.

On the video: men in Hutsul folk costumes ride horses, call out; meadows and forests, various shots of natural landscapes; Cheremosh River; historical information about the village of Verkhovyna (until 1962, the village of Zhabie) in Ivano-Frankivsk region, city views, shops, local residents; everyday life, children picking berries and mushrooms, a walk, mowers at work, pasture with cows and sheep, comments by local shepherds; winter Verkhovyna; embroiderers and weavers at work; decorated Christmas tree in the village, traditions of celebrating Christmas; nativity scene, locals sing "Oh, rejoice, earth", musicians play folk tunes; tourist base for recreation, winter ski jump, skier training; folk festival in the Carpathians, shepherds' outing to the mountain pasture, performance by a Hutsul ensemble.

Director — Volodymyr Androschuk.

Life and traditions of Verkhovyna

December 29, 2008, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

In the video: ski resort, ski lift, different shots; skiers pass through the turnstile; mountain views, different shots; room for tourists, hotel employees talk about the conditions in which people settle; icon of the Virgin Mary; wooden well in Hutsul style, mountains; forest cottages under the snow; skiers on vacation, different shots.

Ski resort in the Carpathians

1 May 2008, the village of Kosmach, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

A report on the ethnic festival ‘Easter in Kosmach’. Men in Hutsul costumes playing the trembita, a folk art fair, decorative weapons, pysanky, Viktor Yushchenko and his family at the fair, a journalist’s stand-up report.

Comments: festival participant Nestor; folk artist Roman Strynadyuk; embroidered shirt collector Lyubomyr Lehenyuk; pysanka artist Paraska Vartsabyuk; President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko.

Easter in Kosmach, 2008

14 February 2003, the village of Polianytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

The video shows Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma visiting the construction site of the Bukovel ski resort. Tourists are skiing, the ski lifts are operating, the president and his delegation are walking around the resort and inspecting the construction work, Leonid Kuchma is talking to children, the president is on a plane, and there is a view of the snow-covered Carpathian Mountains.

Kuchma at the construction site of Bukovel, 2003

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1986.

The film is dedicated to the activities of the folk ensemble "Pokutya" from the city of Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

In the video: the lands of Pokutya, girls are dancing; the artistic director talks about the history of folk dances of the region. The film features Ukrainian folk dances "Svyatkovy", "Nadnistriansky", "Serbyn", "Koketka", "Gordiyanka", "Trapagun".

Comments are made by the artistic director of the ensemble "Pokutya" Dana Demkiv.

Director — Oleg Biyma.

Reference: The dance ensemble "Pokutya" is a Ukrainian amateur choreographic collective, founded in 1963, working in the direction of reproducing and stage interpreting traditional dance folklore of Pokutya, Hutsulshchyna, Boykivshchyna and Western Bukovina. The ensemble's repertoire includes performances of folk dances and ritual compositions created on the basis of field folklore research, ethnographic materials and traditional musical accompaniment.

Folk Ensemble "Pokutya"

2003, National Television Company of Ukraine. Program from the series "Not everything is so bad in our country". Report from the first international festival "Christmas in the Carpathians". Host Lyudmila Lysenko. Part 2

In the video: screensavers, views of the Carpathians in Ivano-Frankivsk region, Malanka, festival participants in costumes, sports and tourist private complex "Bukovel", snow-covered mountains, laying flowers at the bust of Ivan Franko, interview with the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional state administration Mykhailo Vyshyvanyuk, Ivano-Frankivsk museum, Leonid Kuchma at the Pysanka Museum in Kolomyia, a fragment of a festive concert for participants of the "Christmas in the Carpathians" festival, stand-ups by journalist Lyudmila Lysenko. Comments: poet Dmytro Pavlychko; Consul General of the Russian Federation in Lviv Mykola Myasoyedov; editor-in-chief of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional television "Halychyna" Olga Babiy.

Author: Lyudmila Lysenko.

"Christmas in the Carpathians": an international festival. Part 2

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1996.

The documentary film "Budz — Hutsul cheese" tells about the peculiar way of life of shepherds of the Carpathian alpine meadows and the thousand-year-old Hutsul tradition of cheese making.

On the video: Carpathians, Pozheretul alpine meadow, mountain landscapes; shepherds on the alpine meadow, milking sheep, a story about the technology of cheese making; grazing livestock.

How to make Hutsul cheese

Sumy Television. The program "Following the Christmas Star on Hutsul Paths" from January 24, 2009 is dedicated to the Christmas traditions of the Hutsul region and Pokuttya.

In the video: landscapes of the Carpathians, mountains, forest; Museum of Folk Art of the Hutsul region and Pokuttya, museum exposition, traditional folk costumes of the Hutsuls, dishes, weaving products, jewelry, weapons; church, prayer; carolers in traditional costumes with bartkas, singing carols.

Comments: carolers from the village of Bukivets, Verkhovyna district, Bohdan and Ivan; head of the Museum of Folk Art of the Hutsul region and Pokuttya Romanna Baran.

Host — Ulyana Dryuchkova.

Christmas Hutsul Traditions

National Television and Radio Company, 1997. Program “One of 1000 Lessons,” Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

The video shows a fair of folk crafts by Hutsul masters: pottery, weaving, carving, rug making, and meeting the masters. 

Market in Kosiv

1997, Ivano-Frankivsk. An episode from the series ‘Secrets of Eternity’ dedicated to the All-Ukrainian festival-competition of national-patriotic songs and poetry ‘Volya-97’. Part two.

The video features: opening credits, host Khristina Stebelska, views of the Carpathians, letters from those who died for Ukraine's independence, archival photographs, trembita players, performances by festival participants, winners of the nominations, a march of UPA veterans, a cemetery, a Carpathian wedding, and the closing of the festival. Commentary by the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Executive Committee, Bohdan Borovych.

The ‘Volya-97’ Festival, Part 2

1997, Ivano-Frankivsk. An episode from the series ‘Secrets of Eternity’ dedicated to the All-Ukrainian festival-competition of national-patriotic songs and poetry ‘Volya-97’. Part one.

On video: opening credits, host Khristina Stebelska, views of the Carpathians, footage of Ivano-Frankivsk, opening of the festival, speech by writer and Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine laureate Stepan Pushyk, speech by People's Artist of Ukraine Maria Stef'yuk, speech by the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Executive Committee, Bohdan Borovych, UPA veterans in attendance, local cemetery, folk dances, festival held at the regional philharmonic, performances by participants.