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.

The ‘Volya-97’ Festival, Part 1

September 13, 2010, Palianytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

The video shows the Bukovel mountain ski resort. Ski lift, view of Bukovel from the ski lift, tourists.

Bukovel, 2010

May 10, 2009, Ivano-Frankivsk.

The plot is dedicated to the blacksmithing festival "Blacksmiths' Festival".

On the video: festival, city square, craftsmen at work, spectators; blitz poll of festival participants, stories about blacksmithing; creation of a joint forged composition, various plans.

Comments: festival participants Fernando Nava, Dmytro Sukhoruchko; festival organizer Serhiy Polubotko.

Journalist — Ivanna Yanchuk.

Blacksmithing Festival

1999, National Television of Ukraine. The program from the series "Not Everything is So Bad in Our Home" is dedicated to tourism in Ivano-Frankivsk region for the International Tourism Day.

In the video: screensavers, host Lyudmila Lysenko, city shots, architecture, monument to Andriy Sheptytsky, Carpathian Natural Park, Carpathians, Yaremche, tourist complexes, boarding houses, Oleks Dovbush's memorial places, church, Rohatyn, engraving depicting Roksolana, fragments from the TV series "Roksolana", Vorokhta, train, Kolomyia, exhibits of the folk art museum, climbing Hoverla, waterfall, panorama from Hoverla, Carpathian Beskydy, interview with the head of the State Committee of Ukraine for Tourism.

Comments: Head of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration Mykhailo Vyshyvanyuk; owners of the boarding house the Babchuk family; Head of the Department of the Yaremche City Council Ihor Yakymchuk; owner of the family boarding house Vasyl Mykhailiuk and his wife Maria Mykhailiuk; Head of the Tourism Department Oleh Vasyliv.

Traveling through Ivano-Frankivsk region

August 15, 2002, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

In the video: Carpathian mountains, forests, meadow; rocks from different plans, girl with flowers, children; river and well, different plans of mountains and mountain valleys.