THE SILENCE OF THE ESTUARIES / ТИША ЛИМАНІВ
- Jul 31
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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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