“Prayer for Hetman Mazepa” by Yuriy Illenko

December 22, 2002, Kyiv.

The plot is dedicated to the presentation of the feature film “Prayer for Hetman Mazepa” by film director Yuriy Illenko at the Cinema House.

On the video: an excerpt from Yuriy Illenko’s speech about Vasyl Tsvirkun, one of the founders of Ukrainian poetic cinema; fragments of the film; film critics and visitors share their impressions of the film.

Comments: film director Yuriy Illenko; documentary film director Lyudmila Mykhalevych; poetess Lina Kostenko; film director, playwright Mykhailo Lebedev.

Created by: Svitlana Lushkaryova, Heorhiy Benkovsky.