The Illusion of a Quiet Night
2026
documentary, 70 min., Ukraine
Filmed during one night in July 2025 by 40 filmmakers and hundreds of citizens, the film paints a vast collective portrait of war-torn Ukraine. Between fear and exhaustion, moments of joy and scenes of the ordinary day to day, we watch as life goes on in spite of everything, witnessing the resilience of a nation gripped by uncertainty.
Festivals and Awards
DMZ International Film Festival, 2026
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TEAM
Director Olga Chernykh
Idea and Script Maryna Brodovska, Olga Chernykh
Producer TABOR Daria Zakharova
Executive Producer TABOR Eugene Rachkovsky
Producers Suspilne Ukraine
Olena Krasavtseva, Natalie, Movshovych,
Sergiy Nedzelskyy, Anastasiia Zakhilko
Edit Maryna Maykovska, Kasia Boniecka
Composer Maryana Klochko
Sound Serhii Avdieiev
Colour Michael Derrossett
Production Manager Mykola Poluden
Assistant to producer Mykhailo Panchuk
Post-production producer Amina Hadzhyieva
Sound recording
Nataliia Avramenko, Oleksii Diachenko,
Oleksander Gridin, Kateryna Herasymchuk,
Ihor Kravchuk, Vadym Lahur,
Karyna Rezhevska, Mykola Shchepotin,
Maryna Tarakanova, Xenia Vynogradova
Locations and cast managers
Yulia Kozіnska, Lisa Tsymbalist,
Mykhailo Panchuk, Maryna Brodovska
Cinematography
Oleg Bachynskyi, Yevhenia Bondarenko, Boria Borysov,
Lisa Bukreyeva, Andrey But, Volodymyr Cheppel,
Dmytro Cherniavskyi, Ivan Fomichenko, Sophia Gera,
Dmytro Grabovskyi, Oleh Halaidych, Yerema Holota,
Illya Hretskyi, Andriy Karpets, Yevhen Kozeko,
Oleksiy Leskov, Anton Lukashenko, Sasha Lunina,
Denys Lushchyk, Serhiy Malyi, Dmytro Moglenets,
Ivan Morarash, Dmytro Myslinchuk, Olha Oborina,
Mykhailo Ohirko, Kyrylo Piddubnyi, Liubov Ploskonosova,
Roman Prokopchuk, Yaroslav Pushkarchuk, Liza Pyrozhkova,
Oleksandr Roshchyn, Oleksandr Safonov, Vadym Smarchenko,
Sofiia Buhrii, Sofiko, Nikoletta Stoyanova,
Anton Venchak, Albina Vynar, Іvanusa Volodymyr,
Ivanka Kate Yakovyna, Oleksii Yeroshenko, Vadym Zadoroghny