Director's Works
Teach us how to fly Liliya Syvytska
Liliya is a Film Director and Actress from Kyiv, who merges narrative, experimental and documentary forms of filmmaking. Her artistry is known for rawness and emotional intensity shown with poetry and grace.
She studied Anthropology at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and graduated from University of British Columbia with BFA in Film Production.
Film follows Maria navigating life in war-time Kyiv after de-occupation of the region. She meets her alter-ego, foreign journalist, with whom she starts the odyssey through the city, it’s past and present history, dreams, to re-discover feelings of love and re-define purpose.
Director reflects on her days back in Kyiv living in constant dichotomy between grief and joy caused by constant attacks on the country. Film brings together narrative, documentary and archival footage, all shot on film, to express such experience.
