Photography

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…

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…

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…

In a society where accessibility was nearly nonexistent, life for families with disabled members in the Soviet Union was a relentless struggle. Here’s a powerful fragment from an interview with Yura Astakhov (Boston, USA) conducted by Gregory Antimony in our studio. Yura is the son of Yuri Georgievich Astakhov, one of the founders of the…

In the winter of 1969, in Kyiv, protesting against the Soviet policy of Russification and the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet forces, Mykola Bereslavsky attempted an act of self-immolation but was detained and sentenced. He served his sentence in Mordovia. Upon returning home, he continued his human rights activism, remaining under KGB surveillance until the…

We continue our series of publications about the tragic events of Stalin’s camps, based on interviews with witnesses. Our film crew collected these stories during a trip to Ukraine this summer. Today’s feature is the memories of Dmytro Synytsia, a retired village teacher who was born in a prison hospital in Vorkuta. Dmytro shares the…