Izolyatsia
2023 / Ukraine / 82 min / Documentary

Scripted & Directed by Igor Minaev
Produced by Iurii Leuta
Co-produced by Suspilne Media
Director of photography Valeriy Makhnyov
Music by Vadim Sher
Editor Bohdan Murin

«Isolation» is the name of Europe's largest torture center. This name comes from the Donetsk plant of insulating materials. The factory ceased to exist after the collapse of the USSR. In the early 2000s a center for contemporary art was created within its walls. The art center was destroyed in 2014 by pro-Russian separatists. Factory cellars have turned into torture chambers. Those who came out alive testify to this. It is a film about dehumanization. About how a person loses all his bearings and becomes a monster.

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Mother
2022 / Ukraine, Poland / 7 min / Drama fiction

Director Iurii Leuta
Screenplay Iurii Leuta
Produced by Iurii Leuta & Wojciech Karubin
Co-produced by Orka Film
Director of photography Anton Lukashenko
Music by Marcin Kuczewski
Art director Jurij Grigorovic
Cast Rymma Ziubina, Oleh Korkushko, Bohdan Zhdanov, Iryna Hromadska, Olimpiada Shamrai, Ivan Bilash, Benedykta Ovsiannikova

Somewhere in the present-day Ukraine, torn by the military aggression, two journalists are trying to cover the scale of destruction and suffering – and stay alive. They accidently meet a confused woman whose story is emblematic of the nationwide drama that is happening at this very moment.

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On the Other Side
In development / Ukraine / 90 min / Drama

Director Iurii Leuta
Script Iurii Leuta, Natalia Blok
Producer Iurii Leuta
Composer Vadim Sher
Director of photography Valeriy Makhnyov
Production designer Yuriy Hrihorovitch
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Victor is a school-graduate in a small town in Donbass. He falls in love with his teacher Anna. Everyone in town become hostile to their relationships and especially to Anna who lives on the enemy's side of the war…

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The Cacophony of Donbass
2018 / Ukraine / 62 min / Documentary

Scripted & Directed by Igor Minaev
Produced by Iurii Leuta
Music by Vadim Sher
Director of photography Volodimir Pallik
Editor Olexander Podoprigora

"The Cacophony of Donbas" is a film about the elite of the working class of USSR — the miners of Donbas. The soviet propaganda had created such a false parallel reality that one day the situation had exploded and the war started. Life promised to be a symphony of work, joy and well-being, but it turned out to be deceit and manipulation. There are no illusions left. "The Symphony of Donbas" has turned into "The Сacophony of Donbas".

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Son
2016 / Ukraine, France / 10 min / Drama Fiction

Directed by Iurii Leuta
Scripted by Sacha Tarantovich
Produced by Yves Kohen & Iurii Leuta
Music by Vadim Sher
Director of photography Senda Bonnet
Cast Sacha Tarantovich, Alexander Saif, Gloria Sovran, Yannis Baraban

A young woman of Russian descent, divorced from a Frenchman, decides to kidnap her five-year-old son, whom she doesn't have custody of. Her ex-husband returns home to find her about to kidnap the boy. During their settling of scores, they forget the most important thing: their son.

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Blue Dress
2015 / Ukraine, France / 85 min / Drama

Directed by Igor Minaev
Scripted by Igor Minaev, Olha Mykhaylova
Produced by Irina Duport, Igor Minaev, Iurii Leuta
Director of photography Senda Bonnet
Cast Kevin Boise, Gabrielle Lazure, Liliia Ohiyenko, Borys Nevzorov, Lembit Ulfsak, Mykola Tokar

After his mother sudden death her son Alexander discovers that he knows nothing about her life, her youth and her past. The mystery of her death puzzles him. Accidentally he finds in his mother's apartment old papers and some old film reels. Found papers turn out to be the diaries of a film director who was in love with his mother while shooting one of his films in the studio of Odessa. Alexander absorbs himself into past lives to understand the relations of unknown people. The story is about lost love, buried hopes, lost old movies — the only witnesses of this drama.

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