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Nikolai Terentiev is a mime clown of the legendary Snow Show. A man who speaks without words. Vera Pavlova is a poet. A woman who explains love through language. While Kolya steps onto the stage, Vera remains at her desk. The quiet of a hotel room. A laptop. Drafts. Work that requires not applause, but concentration.…

The theatre hall is still empty. The stage is waiting. Kolya is preparing for another performance of the Snow Show. Here he is — still without makeup. Just a man in front of a mirror. Slowly, the image begins to appear. First the funny clown eyebrows. Then the eyes — slightly more open, slightly more…

On March 5–6, the ECG Productions team, under the direction of Maxim Kravchinsky, completed an important filming stage for the upcoming documentary Shadows of Ukiyo-e. Our main character, collector Tim Kachurov, met with University of Toronto anthropology professor Katie Kilroy-Marac for an intense two-hour conversation about the nature of collecting — its beauty, its meaning, and its darker sides. This thoughtful dialogue will…

Quebec. Frost. Icicles hanging from a tree. The mime Nikolai Terentiev stops before them as if they were not ice, but a secret. An adult would walk past. A child would stare. An artist begins to play. Poet Vera Pavlova films him for their YouTube channel Veterans of Childhood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeoZo-TJroM And we film them both. The…

We’re honoured to share that Ludwig-Van Toronto has featured Code 4.5.0 (Directed by Olena Tumanska ) alongside the debut album release of Daughters of Donbas  A huge thank you to Anya Wassenberg, the author of this article, and Ludwig-Van Toronto for highlighting this important story and for recognizing the powerful connection between music and documentary storytelling. We’re especially…

The first filming day of My Friend Kolya. Poet Vera Pavlova and mime-clown Nikolai Terentiev, an artist of the legendary Snow Show. He is a man of movement and silence. She is a woman of words and paradox. This is a film about two artists who live in the space of play — and never stop being…

On behalf of ECG Productions, we are proud to share that the screening of the documentary film Code 4.5.0. took place alongside the album release of our film’s main character, Marichka – Daughters of Donbas. It was an evening of two premieres united by one powerful theme — memory, resilience, and a voice that continues…

Our ECG Productions team is continuing work on the project “Between Heaven and Earth” , directed by our colleague Maxim Kravchinsky , with Director of Photography Artem Borodin . This documentary follows the life of Father Jovan Marjanac, a Serbian Orthodox priest from Ontario , and his family . On February 18 , the crew traveled to Northern Ontario , where our main character, together with friends, was…

A special shoutout to our ECG Productions team for another meaningful day of filming, under the direction of our colleague Anastasiia Mateshko. Today, we went deeper into the history of the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival. We had the privilege of interviewing one of the festival’s founders, Raya Shadurska, and capturing an inside look at a committee meeting helping…

The film continues to live on and find audiences in different countries. This was the last film made during the composer’s lifetime. Giya Kancheli passed away in 2019, and it means a great deal to us that he personally took part in the creation of this documentary: he helped organize the filming, gave us a…