Producer & Fixer in Ukraine | I help journalists and documentary filmmakers tell stories | @AnnenbergPenn researcher
Kyiv, Ukraine
Joined July 2020
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My documentary, I Never Had Dreams of My Son out now on @NewYorker
What happened to Oleksii Shevliuha? This question has consumed his father for the past eight years, and is the driving force behind the new short film “I Never Had Dreams of My Son.” Watch here. nyer.cm/x6yi6wp
Друзі, як зв'язатися з 24 каналом, щоб попросити дозвіл на використання їхнього сюжету у док. фільмі? Хтось має знайомих, які там працюють?
This is my fourth essay for the Dutch newspaper
@nrc on Ukraine
nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/12/29/ik-…
I've written about Ukrainian war documentaries for @ASCmediarisk. Focused on films from 2013-2023 and how war affected filmmakers' working conditions. Thanks, @bzelizer, for this opportunity!
ascmediarisk.org/takeaways/u…
Thank you for having us!
In the latest #ASCmediarisk podcast, doctoral fellow Liz Hallgren sits down with @dashaorlova, @seekyivcom & @yevhenfedchenko to discuss the pivotal role of media – both in Ukraine & abroad – in the making and breaking of Ukraine’s war effort. Listen now: bit.ly/3Y98Vlh
Olena Lysenko retweeted
Victoria was a member of our Harvard Ukrainian community when she spent one year in Boston area before the start of the all out war. In war she documented Russian war crimes. Her death is one of such crimes. Her work will continue. The criminals will be punished.
PEN America mourns the death of prize-winning Ukrainian author and @PenUkraine member Victoria Amelina who was struck by a Russian missile in Kramatorsk on Tuesday and died on July 1.
pen.org/press-release/pen-am… #VictoriaAmelina #RIP
Our film ‘I Never Had Dreams of My Son’ will be screened at 29th Palm Springs International ShortFest
@psfilmfest
June 20 at Camelot Theatres, Palm Springs, CA
#shortfest2023
psfilmfest.org/shortfest-202…
Olena Lysenko retweeted
Qırım — out now!
Listen: bit.ly/jamalaqirim .
With this album, I fulfilled my lifelong dream of showing the world that despite any attempts to rewrite the history of Crimea, we will not let the truth be forgotten.
It is an honor for me to speak tomorrow at
@Princeton at the symposium "Reporting the First Draft of History: How to Write/Film the Ukraine War." Thank you for the invitation, Prof. Jan-Werner Müller.
uchv.princeton.edu/events/re…
Olena Lysenko retweeted
.@AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka won the World Press Photo of the Year award for his harrowing image of a wounded pregnant woman being carried through the shattered grounds of a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. She later died. apne.ws/o3PZKer
Olena Lysenko retweeted
Today (4/14) join us for the @ASCmediarisk forum: “How is War Changing Media Futures in Ukraine?” featuring visiting scholars @seekyivcom, @dashaorlova, and @yevhenfedchenko
Register here: bit.ly/3z68PPW
Our film "I Never Had Dreams of My Son" screening tomorrow at Martha's Vineyard Film Festival @TMVFF
Frank, it was an honor to work with you! 🙏 Zelenskiy in Kherson right before the occupation, Black Sea blockade, first days of invasion, soldiers who protect Mykolaiv, volunteers who evacuate people from Kherson … we’ve made a lot of important stories! I learned a lot from you!
Over the past year my colleagues & I have relied on the language skills, expertise, compassion & insights of our Ukrainian colleagues. Here are just a few who helped bring the story of ukraine to @npr audiences. @seekyivcom @IMatviyishyn @KatyaMalofeyeva and Ross Pelekh
This is my third essay for the Dutch newspaper @nrc on Ukraine. I’m writing about what it’s like to meet the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion away from home, while being a visiting scholar at @ASCmediarisk
nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/02/23/ove…
How was life in Kyiv a few weeks before the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine?
nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/02/04/dan…
My experience as a fixer in Ukraine during the first months of the full-scale invasion
nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/03/25/ver…
Thank you for having me!
HAPPENING NOW: @seekyivcom maps out the practical and ethical realities of documenting war and revolution, using her 2022 @NewYorker film “I Never Had Dreams of my Son” as a case study. @bzelizer @AnnenbergPenn
