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We Continue to Support Ukraine

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We do this together with our friends whom the war has brought into our lives.  For ten years now, month after month, we have been standing by those affected. As long as people keep dying, we cannot remain indifferent.  Join us in helping. Every action matters. #Ukraine #HelpUkraine #ECGProductions #EveryoneHasTheirOwnWar #WarInsideThem

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Once an artist — always an artist!

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After recording an episode of The Interview Hour with Oleksandr Borodulia, artist of the Pavlo Virsky National Ensemble. Once an artist — always an artist! Even years after leaving the stage, you can still feel the breath of performance, the spirit of the ensemble, and the love for art in every movement and every glance. Today, Oleksandr lives in…

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A Conversation with the Audience

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On August 10, the day Giya Kancheli would have turned 90, a special screening of the film “Giya Kancheli: I Used to Hate the Clarinet” took place in Toronto. It was more than just a film screening — it was a living conversation with the audience. Many shared the feeling that the silence in the film resonated as strongly…

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Virsky Between Stage and System

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While working on the new version of our film about Pavlo Virsky, we discovered unique documents declassified in 2007. They preserve his voice — short, sharp, sometimes bitter phrases that reveal his personality and the atmosphere of the time, reflecting the mentality of the Soviet intelligentsia: compromises, self-censorship, the game between sincerity and safety. This…

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Mounting a portrait documentary about Ukrainian virtuoso violinist Vasyl Popadiuk

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We’re excited to introduce a new project that began this summer, directed by our talented colleague, filmmaker Anastasiya Mateshko. We’re mounting a portrait documentary about Ukrainian virtuoso violinist Vasyl Popadiuk  a Ukrainian-born virtuoso whose bow fuses classical mastery with Romani, jazz, and Latin energy into performances that feel like lived stories rather than “pieces.” Beyond the stage,…

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From Kamchatka to the war with Iran — a personal story, frontline journalism, and a candid look at Israel today

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Military journalist and writer, author of the Telegram channel War with the Horde, SERGEY AUSLENDER in Interview Hour. An honest conversation about life, war, and reality: from childhood in Kamchatka and emigration to Israel, the tragedy of October 7, and the moral dilemma — rescue the hostages at any cost or destroy Hamas regardless of casualties. Why is Israel…

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Documentary filmmaking is not just a profession. Documentary filmmaking is action

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When the camera is powerless — we act with our hands and minds. Through our work, we’ve been able to help two real people we met during filming. These are just a few of the stories from our team’s journey. Similar stories live in our other projects. Our team doesn’t just make films — we…

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Sparks flew—literally—this week as our team continued filming for Echoes in Metal and Stone

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Over two intense days, Maxim Kravchinsky and Artem Borodin followed renowned sculptor and artist Viktor Mitic across Markham, downtown Toronto, and Rosemont, capturing the raw energy and artistry behind his process. In the heart of Viktor’s workshop, metal met fire—welding torches blazed, saws screamed through steel, and deep conversations unfolded about art, creation, and legacy.  The journey doesn’t…

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Fragments of War: Voices from the Rails to Kyiv

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One of our team members is currently traveling to Ukraine as part of her new documentary project. Life of every human being can be turned into a documentary but extreme circumstances like war make these stories even more urgent, raw. They strip life down to its core—revealing resilience, fear, hope, and the quiet strength people…

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The Case of the Executed Pioneers

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At the “Amazing Cat” Art Center, the premiere screening of two episodes of the multi-part docudrama “The Case of the Executed Pioneers” took place. This film is part of the series “GULAG — Witnesses”, produced by ECGProductions and based on the book by Anna Artemyeva and Elena Racheva, “58th: Unseized”. The role of Susanna Pechuro is played by Lilia Sklyar. These two…

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