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Oleg Chorny & Gennadiy Khmaruk
The film tells the story of a craftsman's creativity and his connection to a tree that extracts an invisible form from a material substance. The act of creating by a human being is subject to the power of the substance that governs the carver independently determining the result. The subjectivity of nature is also manifested in the film through chemical damage – images and memory are absorbed and disappear behind the veil.
The original story dates from the 70s and belongs to an unknown amateur filmmaker Victor Kyzyma from the village of Blahovishchenske, Kirovohrad Region, where a film studio operated at the collective farm. Found in 2017, the 16mm film was completely destroyed by lime. It was restored by the City Media Archive, and the directors Oleg Chorny and Gennadiy Khmaruk created their own editing. New music is written by composer Oleksiy
Mikryukov and sound mixed by Andriy Ryzhov.
OLEG CHORNY
Born in 1963. Graduated from the film director’s department of the State Institute of Theatre and cinema in 1985.
Shot a number of feature shorts, full length and short documentaries, musical video clips and art videos, wrote a number of articles about the history of the cinema. He is a member of the Ukrainian Filmmakers Union, Ukrainian Film Academy and Ukrainian Film Critics Union.
Selected works:
1990: “From the comrade Gruzilov`s remarkable life”, feature short, Award of the IFF “Molodist-90”;
1991: “The frenzy”; feature short,
1993: “Sacura has faded in my garden, you are passing me by again…” feature short, Award of the IFF in Potsdam (Germany, 1995);
2001: “Painting”, short doc.;
2016: “Rain Project”, short doc.; Gold Award at Spotlight Documentary Film Award (Atlanta, USA, 2017); 3-d place the documentary short film competition at Rivne “Dream City” International Film Festival (Rivne, Ukraine, 2017);
2019: “The Tree”, short experimental doc.; FOCAL International Awards
2020: Award for the Best Use of Footage in a Short Form Production. London, UK. Etc.
GENNADIY KHMARUK
Born in 1972. Graduated from the director’s department of the State Ukrainian Academy of Culture. Worked as an editor at the non-governmental video and TV studios, often works as VJ and computer graphics designer, TV shows and programs director.
Edited movies directed by Oleg Chorny:
1995: «Green Grey: New Youth of the New Europe», short doc.;
2012: «Mission: freedom», full length doc.;
2014: «Hollywood on the Dnieper. Dreams from Atlantis», full length doc.; City Art Award “Kyiv”(2016);
2024: «Kyiv in the Days of War»; short doc.
In 1996 Oleg Chorny and Gennadiy Khmaruk has founded the non-profit creative unit “SAMPLED PICTURES”.
A number of music videos, experimental films, art videos created by “SAMPLED PICTURES” were presented at the various film and video international festivals, exhibitions, different events and club screenings in Ukraine and worldwide.