Estonia / Nov 19, 2025 / Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Ukrainian Odesa, 1926: a city recovering from the war, a city where jazz sounds and cinema is born. Young artist Sashko Dovzhenko seeks freedom in art - and stumbles upon a system that does not forgive dreams. His first film may be his last. And he does not yet know that soon his name will be known to the whole world.
Genres
HistoryThrillerAdventure
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Довженко. Перший погляд |
| Original language | Український (UK) |
| Spoken languages | Український |
| Production countries | Ukraine, Canada, Romania, Germany, Lithuania |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Odesa Film Studio, Artbox |
| Release date | 1 settembre 2026 |
| Production | Andrii Nohin, Ganna Docheva, Vadym Makhomed, Yurii Kalynovskyi, Ivan Liptuga, Yaroslav Pakholchuk, Oleksii Lymarenko, Serhii Paskaru |
| Writer | Kostiantyn Konovalov, Serhiy Trymbach |
| Cinematography | Volodymyr Huievskyi |
| Assistant directors | Kostiantyn Konovalov |
| Camera operators | Volodymyr Huievskyi |
| Additional photography | Volodymyr Huievskyi |
| Production design | Dmytro Sviatkin |
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| Art direction | Dmytro Sviatkin |
| Set decoration | Dmytro Sviatkin |
| Budget | 1.235.574 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Ukraine / Sep 01, 2026 / «В українських кінотеатрах вийде восени 2026 року»
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