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THE SILENCE OF THE ESTUARIES / ТИША ЛИМАНІВ

  • Jul 31
  • 1 min read

Updated: 14 hours ago

2026 / 70' / documentary / Ukraine

Silence of the Estuaries is a meditative documentary set in Ukraine’s Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park during a full-scale war. Across four seasons, scientist Ivan, park director Iryna, and their team document war crimes against nature, rescue birds, fight poaching, and restore fragile ecosystems. A reflection on life and death, the film reveals the fragility of nature and the quiet strength of those who defend it.

Screenings schedule:


August 31, 2026 at 7:45 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Kinoman Hall; 26 Kostiantynivska Street

September 1, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Anschlag Hall; 26 Kostiantynivska Street

DIRECTOR - VOLODYMYR BAKUM


Biography

Ukrainian film director and screenwriter. A graduate of the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema, and Television University. Winner of numerous Ukrainian film festivals with his student films.

During his studies, he created the trilogy “Donbas, I Love You.” The screenplay for the short film “My Family and Other Animals” was among the winners of the Kira Muratova Script Competition (2021), and the project itself won at the pitching of the Shift Film Festival.


Selected filmography

  • 2026: Silence of the Estuaries (doc)

  • 2025: Waves of Bakota (doc)

  • 2024: My family and other animals (short)

  • 2023: Ax (doc)

  • 2020: Fogs (short)

Director: Volodymyr Bakum

Producer: Volodymyr Ladyzhets

Screenwriter: Volodymyr Bakum

Cinematography: Alen Anisimov

Composer: Danylo Volokh

Production: Suspilne Ukraine

Rightsholder: UA:PBC (Suspilne Ukraine), ua.infosuspilne.media



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