Private Project

WEIGHTLIFTER

At first sight, this is a story of a true price of a victory.

  • Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
    Screenwriter
  • Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
    Director
  • Ewa Jastrzebska
    Producer
  • Valentyn Vasyanovych
    Producer
    co-producer
  • Konrad Stefaniak
    Producer
    co-producer
  • Aleksandr Loy
    Key Cast
    "Petro"
    actor
  • Valeria Khilko
    Key Cast
    "Lina"
    actor
  • Yuriy Shcherbyna
    Key Cast
    "Partner"
    actor
  • Maxim Bereznuk
    Key Cast
    "Coach"
    actor
  • Michał Rytel-Przełomiec
    DOP
  • Ivan Mikhaylov
    Production design
  • Olga Iurasova
    Production design
  • Sergiy Stepansky
    Sound
  • Lyubov Balakereva
    Make-up artists
  • Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
    Edit
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    SHTANGIST
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 25, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    70,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Poland
  • Country of Filming:
    Poland, Ukraine
  • Language:
    Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16x9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Film Festival "Molodist"
    Warsaw
    Ukraine
    June 3, 2018
    National
    SHORT GRAND PRIX, National competition
  • Warsaw Film Festival
    Warsaw
    Poland
    October 17, 2018
    International
    GRAND PRIX. International competition
  • Premiers Plans - Angers Film Festival
    Anger
    France
    January 27, 2019
    France
    SHORT GRAND PRIX
  • ZubrOFFka - International Short Film Festival
    Bialostok
    Poland
    December 6, 2018
    GRAND PRIX
Distribution Information
  • Munk Studio - Polish FIlmmakers Association, Pańska 85, 00-834 Warsaw, Poland ph. +48 22 556 54 70 e-mail: studiomunka@sfp.org.pl
    Country: Poland
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk

In 2013 graduated from Kyiv National Karpenko-Karyy University of Theatre, Cinema and Television. During his studies at the university, hi made several short films, which were participating and received awards at different international festivals. Participant of the BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS 2013.
Contributor of the documentary project Babylon#13 (cinema of civil protest) Kyiv, Ukraine.
Scholarship-holder of the program of the Minister of Culture of Poland "GAUDE POLONIA" 2015, 2017.
Organizer of the Ukrainian Script Platform «TERRARIUM».
Participant TorinoFilmLab (Script&Pitch) 2016.
Member of the National Union of Filmmakers of Ukraine since 2013.
Member of Ukrainian Film Academy since 2017.
Member of EFA (European Film Academy) since 2018.

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Director Statement

2018 - WEIGHTLIFTER ( short, fiction, professional debut. 30 min)
2015 - INTERSECTION, documentary (20min.)
2013 - KRASNA MALANKA, documentary (52min.)STUDENT DIPLOMA FILM
2012 - THE BEARD, short fiction (25min.) STUDENT DIPLOMA FILM (BACHELOR)
2008 - ADOLESCENCE, fiction (10min.) STUDENT FILM