DOVBUSH
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THERE IS NO HERO WITH NO MISTAKES
STORY Our film is about the legendary Ukrainian rebel warrior Oleksa Dovbush. It is about how legend about the Carpathian knight was born and spread. The legend that inspired generations of those who fight for freedom of their Motherland. It is about power and love, betrayal and injustice. About how he lived and how he deceived death.
PROJECT TITLE:
Dovbush GENRE:
Epic, History, Action DIRECTOR:
Oles Sanin (Mamai, The Guide, Breaking Point) STATUS:
Development BUDGET:
3.4 mln USD (75% secured)
BROTHERS.
INJUSTICE AND GLORY Fate scatters Dovbush brothers in different directions. Oleksa finds himself in a foreign war, and Ivan gathers the rebel squad and begins robbing merchants on the Carpathian trails. Their roads converge again when Oleksa escapes from the threat of imminent death, when he fled from prison. Ivan is motivated by a desire to enrich himself. Oleksa becomes a rebel because of his fervent desire to revenge the
death of his parents, who were killed by the soldiers of Colonel Psheluskiy. Eventually, Oleksa’s focus shiſts from the payback for his loss to something else. He sees the suffering of ordinary people and wants to protect them with all of his heart. The two brothers together are a great power, but the difference in their views is the cause of the conflict, that will set them apart forever.
BASED ON REAL EVENTS Beginning of the 18th century—time of brutal oppression of the peasantry in Hutsul region. The Carpathians groan under the yoke of burdensome taxes. Duchess Yablonovska and Master Zolotnitskiy introduce more new extortions on the land that has always been considered public. Their desire for profit and greed have no limits. Yablonovska and Zolotnitskiy try to use glory and fear of rebels in their favor, in order to cheaply buy the land of intimidated noblemen. Colonel Psheluskiy, a heir of a bankrupt family, tries to destroy rebels with the force of his squad, but Oleksa Dovbush breaks all of his plans.
Pechenizhyn village is not only known as being the birthplace of Oleksa Dovbush in 1700, but also as the place of the first industrial oil fields in Europe since 1725. Oil was used for commercial purposes. Medicine and candles were produced from oil products. Oil craſt back then used to be a hard labor, due to primitive pit mining method being extremely dangerous. All of this will play important role in the film.
LOCATIONS The action of the ďŹ lm takes place in The Carpathian Mountains, in the early 18th century.
Unique natural locations were selected for the shoot, as well as the real places where Oleksa Dovbush was active throughout his legendary life. These landscapes, primeval forests and untouched rocks and ravines carry the power and magic of a truly wild nature.
One of Ukraine's leading film companies, producing high-quality films, TV series, documentaries, and shorts for over 15 years. Our films participated in numerous festivals, including Rotterdam, Warsaw, Leipzig, Palm Springs, Chicago, and Shanghai. 2 our film were Ukraine’s Oscar submissions. THE GUIDE by Oles Sanin set domestic box office record for Ukrainian film. We have experience in co-production with USA, Canada, Australia, Poland, Germany and other countries.
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OUR TEAM OLES SANIN
MAXIM ASADCHIY
SERHIY MYKHALCHUK
Director
Producer
DoP
Both his previous feature dramas became Ukraine’s Oscar submissions. Historical drama The Guide (2014) set a new quality level for Ukrainian cinema, set domestic box office record for Ukrainian film, and was screened in many countries internationally.
Owner of Pronto Film since 2004, Maxim has been producer/executive producer at more than 30 films and TV series. Co-founder of Film Industry Association of Ukraine, he has Ukrainian national TV award “Teletriumph” for the best producer of TV Film/Series.
The best Ukrainian DoP, Serhiy received Best Cinematography awards at Berlinale (for Under Electric Clouds by Aleksei German Jr.), San Sebastián (for The Lover by Valeri Todorovsky), and Odessa (for The Guide by Oles Sanin).
CONTACT US
MAXIM ASADCHIY
SASHKO CHUBKO
maxim@pronto.kiev.ua +38 (067) 465-02-12
sashko@pronto.kiev.ua +38 (095) 576-77-43