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SPECIAL OPERATION / СПЕЦІАЛЬНА ОПЕРАЦІЯ

Updated: Sep 21

2025 / 65' / documentary / Ukraine, Lithuania

When the Russian troops occupied Ukraine’s Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, their activities were documented by the CCTV cameras. Special Operation is based on that footage, recorded at the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.

Screenings schedule:


September 26, 2025 at 08:00 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Kinoman Hall

DIRECTOR - OLEKSIY RADYNSKI

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Biography

Oleksiy Radynski is a filmmaker and writer based in Kyiv. His films took part in the Berlinale, Rotterdam IFF and other film festivals. They received multiple awards including the Grand Prix at Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, the Felix Sobolev Award, Golden Dzyga, Kinokolo Award, and prizes at Docudays, Molodist, Kyiv International Short Film Festival, and Riga IFF. He is a co-founder of Kinotron Group.


Selected filmography 

  • 2025: Special Operation

  • 2024: Where Russia Ends

  • 2023: Chornobyl 22

  • 2022: Infinity According to Florian

  • 2020: Circulation


Producer: Lyuba Knorozok

Screenwriter: Oleksiy Radynski

Production: Kinotron Group

Rightsholder: Kinotron Group, kinotron.group@gmail.com 



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