SASHA-OLEKSANDA

Director: Andrii Ivaniuk

Producer: Volodymyr Filippov

Production company: Insightmedia

Country: Ukraine

Wanting to have a full-fledged family with children and learning about her pregnancy, Sasha tries to leave the child, under any circumstances. Even though her husband, a law enforcement officer, is categorically against that and does everything to have no children.

Synopsis:

Sasha is married to Olexander, a cruel police officer, and completely depends on him. She was even forced to give up her own career. All the time she wants to please him and wants only one thing - to have a child. Realizing that this is her last chance, Sasha decides to go against to Olexander and stop taking pills to protect against pregnancy. Sasha is pregnant, and she is afraid to tell about it. Because she has no one she can trust. Her parents love Olexander, and her only friend is sleeping with him. But on the day of the violent dispersal of the Maidan, Olexander learns about his wife’s pregnancy. He beats her, and she loses her child. It all ends with Sasha killing Olexander, and the court sentences Sasha to prison.

Director: Andrii Ivaniuk

Andy Iva was born in a small town Bytkiv in Ukraine. He graduated as an actor, theater director and then as a film director. When Andy graduated from his second university as a theater director, the war on Ukrainian Donbas began. So he went to defend Ukraine. It was 2014. After that, he wrote and directed the feature film “Eastman” about ordinary people, who defend Ukraine and try to live in such difficult obstacles. The premiere of Eastman was at the Odessa International Film Festival. Also Andy Iva writes plays. The play “Blood and gold” was published in the almanac of mono plays in 2016. The play “Extremist” is about EuroMaidan, became a finalist of Poland International Festival “Aurora” in the city Begodj.

Producer: Volodymyr Filippov

Volodymyr Filippov is an Ukrainian film producer and artist, co-founder of the production company “Insight Media”. His career began with film distribution at the end of the Soviet Union era: Volodymyr organized a screening in the USSR “Black Rose - an emblem of sorrow, red rose - an emblem of love”, “Taxi Blues”. Known for his participation in such projects as: “Who Who Passed Through the Fire” (2011) The film “Who Who Passed Through the Fire” was officially nominated by the Ukrainian Oscar Committee for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and was nominated for a long list of nominees; “Ivan Sila” (2013) “Dove’s Nest” (2016), “Red” (2017), Strimgolov (2017), Hoarfrost (2017), The Gate (2017).