TIME MACHINE MAIDAN / МАШИНА ЧАСУ МАЙДАН

Jul 31

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Updated: Aug 23

2026 / 86' / documentary / Ukraine, Germany

A wounded 21-year-old soldier slips from the battlefields of today into the winter of Maidan, awakening inside the March of Millions in December 2013. Guided by memory, he searches for Dali a young poet and future warrior destined to die ten years later. As past and present collide, he confronts a painful truth: freedom is not the power to rewrite fate but the courage to choose it.

Screenings schedule:

August 28, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Gegemon Hall; 26 Kostiantynivska Street

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August 29, 2026 at 12:15 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Anschlag Hall; 26 Kostiantynivska Street

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DIRECTOR - VOLODYMYR TYKHYY

Biography

Born in 1971 in Chervonograd, Lviv region, he graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Theatrical Art in 1997. A filmmaker and TV creator, he gained early recognition in the 1990s with award-winning short films. He later became an author, director, and producer of major Ukrainian film projects and has been involved in documentary work since 2013. Co-creator and head of Babylon'13 film collective.

Selected filmography

2025: Summertime in Ukraine
2022: One Day in Ukraine
2020: Lethal Kittens
2017: The Gate
2001: Carwashers

DIRECTOR - ROMAN LIUBYI

Biography

Born in 1991 in Kyiv to a family of visual artists, I studied theater and graduated from I.K. Karpenko-Kary University in non-fiction filmmaking. Since 2013, I’ve worked as a member of Babylon’13 film collective. In 2015 my daughter Orysia was born.

My debut War Note uses soldiers’ recordings. Iron Butterflies, my 2nd film premiered at Sundance and Berlinale 2023.

In 2024, I joined the Ukrainian army.

Selected filmography

2023: Iron Butterflies
2020: War_note
2016: Pigs

Directors: Volodymyr Tykhyy and Roman Liubyi

Producers: Andrii Kotliar, Dávid Ármáti Lechner

Cinematography: Yurii Hruzinov, Denys Vorontsov, Yurii Dunai, Illia Yehorov, Kristian Zherehi, Ihor Ivanko, Yevhen Kozeko, Andrii Kotliar, Roman Liubyi, Yaroslav Pilunskyi, Ivan Sautkin, Nastia Soniachna, Serhii Stetsenko, Hanna Tykha, Volodymyr Usyk, Anton Fursa, Viacheslav Tsvietkov, Mustang Wanted

Composers: Roman Liubyi, Oleksii Mudriievskyi

Film Protagonist: Maksym Kryvtsov

Production: Babylon 13

Rightsholder: Babylon’13, Ukraine.babylon13@gmail.com

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