Private Project

My father is my mother's brother

In this touching family narrative, a bohemian singer/artist becomes a father to his five-year-old niece when his sister's mental health deteriorates, and finds himself awkwardly balancing fairy tales and playtime with his rowdy nightlife and provocative art.

  • Vadym Ilkov
    Director
  • Valentyn Vasyanovych
    Producer
  • Maksym Vasyanovych
    Producer
  • Darya Bassel
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Тато - мамин брат
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 16 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Language:
    Russian, Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Visions du reel
    Nyon
    Switzerland
    April 17, 2018
    World
    Prix du Jury Régionyon, Most innovative feature film of the International Competition, Visions du reel, Nyon, Switzerland, 2018
  • Hot Docs
    Toronto
    Canada
    May 2, 2018
    North American premiere
  • Antenna International Documentary Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    September 16, 2018
    Australian
  • Camden International Documentary Film Festival
    Camden
    United States
    September 20, 2018
    US premier
    Cinematic Vision Award, Camden IFF, US, 2018
  • Vilnius International Documentary Film Festival
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    September 26, 2018
    Lithuanian premiere
  • Artdocfest
    Riga
    Latvia
    October 25, 2018
    Latvian premiere
  • RIDM
    Montreal
    Canada
    October 30, 2018
    Quebec premiere
    official selction
Director Biography - Vadym Ilkov

Vadym Ilkov graduated from Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film and TV in 2000. In 2010 Vadym was the recipient of GAUDE POLONIA (Poland) scholarship in the field of cinematography.
He worked as a director of photography on a number of fiction, documentary and animated films. One of his recent projects as a DoP is MARIUPOLIS, dir. Mantas Kvedaravicius (world premiere at Berlinale 2016).
Vadym is one of the organizers of the first Ukrainian open-air festival Sheshory (later – Art Pole). It existed for 12 years and combined diverse fields of art. It significantly changed Ukrainian cultural landscape.
His directorial debut is WALTZ ALCHEVSK (Ukraine, 2014, 54’, doc). MY FATHER IS MY MOTHER’S BROTHER is his first feature doc.

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