First National, 2003. The report covers the landmarks in the village of Krylos — the centre of the Galician Metropolis — and the operations of the Burshtyn Thermal Power Station.

Featured in the video: residents of Krylos; the Patriarchal Pro-Cathedral of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God; the Prince’s Well; a panoramic view of Krylos from the viewing platform; exhibits from the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of the Carpathian Region — houses from Pokuttia, Opillia, Boikivshchyna and Hutsulshchyna within the ‘Ancient Halych’ National Reserve; the Burshtyn Thermal Power Station.

Commentary: Semen Pobutskyi, research fellow at the ‘Ancient Halych’ National Reserve; Dmytro Kharuk, restorer; Maya Tkachuk, director of the reserve; Mykhailo Pozigun, director of the Burshtyn Thermal Power Station.

The report was produced by Olga Skotnikova and Vitalii Melnyk.

The village of Krylos in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

1998, NTKU, an episode of the program “Ancient Cities of Ukraine” dedicated to the 1,100th anniversary of Halych—“The Festival of Princely Halych.”

On video: festive events marking the 1,100th anniversary of Halych at the Spivoche Pole on Zamkova Horal, including excerpts from a theatrical prologue and performances by choirs from Ivano-Frankivsk, Horodenka, and Yaremche, as well as the “Chervona Kalyna” choir, a laureate of national and international competitions.

The Festival of Princely Halych

August 8, 2006, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

On the video: children's camp "Find a friend", camp building, gate, other buildings, children's posters; children in beadwork classes, various plans of children, beadwork made by children; sewing club, boys and girls sewing, a picture sewn from fabric; pottery workshop, jugs, children in the club, various plans; stage installation, children setting up decorations from artificial flowers; tent camp in the forest, children on a line, reporting, saying their mottos in turn; singing to the guitar; raising the Ukrainian and Canadian flags; tents, fir trees, various plans of tents; field kitchen, children eating; rehearsal with the band "Grindzholi", children dancing; Minister of Family and Youth Affairs of Ukraine Yuriy Pavlenko, various plans; "Welcome" sign; pottery workshop in the camp, clay products.

Children's camp "Find a friend"

1999, Chernivtsi Television and Radio Company. Program "The Secret of Mount Pip-Ivan".

In the video: screensavers, the Chornohora mountain range, the village of Zelene, Ivano-Frankivsk region, landscapes of the Carpathians, the history and legends of Mount Pip-Ivan, meadows, mountain flowers, a wooden hut, grazing horses, forest, mountain streams, ruins of the Polish astronomical and meteorological observatory "White Elephant", Lake "Maricheyka".

Comments: local residents Ded Vasyl and Maria; poet Yuriy Petrychuk.

The mystery of Mount Pip-Ivan

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1982.

The feature film "Carpathians in Spring" is dedicated to the landscapes of the spring nature of the Carpathians.

On the video: snowy mountains, village, huts, different plans; forest, mountain peaks, spring; artists paint mountain landscapes, rocks, waterfall; trembita, flock of sheep; Hutsul holiday, folk dances, fair.

TV film "Carpathians in Spring"

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.