Back of the Night

Valentyn Edward Korotkevych was born in Severodonetsk, small city of eastern Ukraine.

Being an only child in the unformed family, he was raised by a single mother - lawyer with a keen ear for music.

In the midst of war zone between Russian & Ukraine (2013), he finished high-school at 17 and was forced to claim refuge abroad, which led him to Canada - Toronto (2014), where he studied Computer Engineering for a year before quitting and slowly revealing his passion for arts.

First credits of his writing - directorial work (titled "Tea?") include a collaboration with a close friend, Vanessa Jackson, that brought him small praise of recognition withing the local community. Following up, he wrote, directed & acted in his second directorial - "Paradise. Death. Mars" (2018) which was most recently accepted into a festival in Queens, NY along with playing at Oaxaca Film Festival under 'Explanatory' category. Next-up is a story based on a homeless African-American boy, who glimpses to see his potential future as a Jazz musician, only to be crushed to discover that the vision was only a dream of his. Film is currently being re-visioned and finalized. Its title is "Silent" In 2019 Valentyn relocated to the west coast of Canada - Vancouver to con't pursuing his acting career, along with finishing his latest writing collaboration on the thriller-mystery screenplay - "Awake", which has been accepted as a Quarter Finalist at Hollyshorts Film Festival (Lost Angles) along with becoming Semi-Finalist at Screenplay Festival under 'Horror-Thriller' genre. Lastly, Valentyn's most recent writing-directorial work follows the tragic over-night story of young woman, who, being an undeniable 'hopeful romantic' is destined to pay a heavy price for such a big heart of hers. Greedy within its 'bone' structure, the title of the film is "Back of the night" and currently it is in its last stage of post-production before being submitted into festivals.