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Penalty of Justice

Life is wonderful until the sportsman falls into the hands of fate and corrupted criminal system. Losing all, he does not give up: thanks to his father and good lawyer, he seeks justice at the European Court of Human Rights.

  • Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun
    Director
    Dovzhenko, Mother, Angel Town, Sanctuarium, Passion
  • Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun
    Writer
  • Slavik Bihun, Yuriy Chyzhmar
    Producer
  • Bohdan Savitskyy, Roman Kotyk, Tetyana Zhuravel
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Пенальті правосуддя
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 24, 2014
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Language:
    Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35 : 1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • European Premiere
    Strasbourg
    June 24, 2014
    European Premiere
    n/a
  • National Premiere
    Kyiv
    May 21, 2014
    National Premiere
    n/a
  • Filmfestival goEast
    Frankfurt
    April 10, 2014
    Out of competition screening as a part of an almanac Ukraine_Voices
    n/
  • 6th Which Human Rights? (Istanbul, 2014)
    Istanbul
    December 16, 2014
  • One World International Film Festival (Prague, 2015)
    Prague
    March 9, 2015
  • Let's CEE (Vienna, 2014)
    Vienna
  • Filmfestival goEast (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, 2014)
    Wiesbaden
  • CineDOC (Tbilisi, 2014)
    Tbilisi
  • Kinosaray Positive Film Festival (Obyrok, 2014)
    Obyrok
    Ukraine
  • Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Kyiv, 2014)
    Kyiv
  • Eastern Neighbors FF 2014 Filmhuis Den Haag (the Hague, 2014)
    the Hague
  • IndiEarth Animation Film Festival (Chennai, 2015)
    Chennai, India
  • Odessa International Film Festival (Odessa, 2015)
    Odessa, Ukraine
  • FreedomFilmFest (Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, 2015)
    Malaysia
  • Kinokimeriya 2015 (Kherson, Ukraine)
    Kherson, Ukraine
  • "Baltic Trembita" Festival, Ukrainian Cinema Day (Tallinn, Estonia, September, 2015)
    Estonia
  • GOGOGFEST Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema (SUK) Film Festival (Kyiv, Ukraine, September 2015)
    Ukraine
  • Festival Cinéma et Droits Humains 2015, Amnesty International Paris (Paris, France, November 2015)
    Paris
  • Molodist International Film Festival (Kyiv, Ukraine, October-November 2015)
    Ukraine
  • Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne
    Melbourne
    November 4, 2015
  • Goldensun Short Film Festival
    Malta
Director Biography - Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun

Ukrainian film director and legal philosopher. Educated at leading universities in Ukraine and abroad, Dr Bihun prior to turning to filmmaking worked as a lawyer at the European Court in Strasbourg. He was later trained as film director at Sorbonne (adaptation of fiction and political cinema) and Baltic Film School. The filmmaker, active from 2013-14, shot films in Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia and France, nominated at more than 100 film festivals and celebrated with over 50 awards. He's well noted for active promotion of Ukrainian cinema. One of the founders and Supervisory Board’s chairman of the newly created Directors Guild of Ukraine. Dr. Bihun supported the release of his colleague Oleg Sentsov, by joining him for 18 days in solidarity for hunger strike. (Filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6484261)

Український кінорежисер і філософ права. Отримавши освіту у провідних університетах в Україні та за кордоном, В’ячеслав Бігун до заняття кіно працював юристом у Європейському суді в Страсбурзі. Пізніше він навчався як кінорежисер у Сорбонні (екранізація художньої літератури та політичного кіно) та Балтійській кіношколі. Кінорежисер, який починаючи з 2013-2014 років, фільмував в Україні, Грузії, Естонії та Франції, створив стрічки, номіновані на понад 100 кінофестивалях та відзначені понад 50 нагородами. Добре знаний активною промоцією українського кіно. Один із засновників і голова Наглядової ради новоствореної Української гільдії режисерів. В’ячеслав Бігун підтримав вимогу звільнення колеги Олега Сенцова, приєднавшись до голодування на 18 днів у знак солідарності. Фільмографія: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6484261

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Director Statement

Based on a case of the European Court in Strasbourg, it is my first professional documentary, unexpectedly successful in terms of effect (often screened to lawyers, pupils and students), selected to over 20 film festivals worldwide (no submissions to festivals with fees). When people watched it in Ukraine for the first time, I was impressed to see them emotional and applaud. It also impressed judges and lawyers at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (where I also used to work). The film, its character, keep giving lots of inspiration. I hope it will be also appreciated by your Festival and its audience.