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.
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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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