FELIX

How often have you been told that your life could be made into a movie?
And how often have you been filmed?
What if it's not just about life, but also about death?
This film is like the most frank graduation thesis. At first glance, the goal is not new: to reveal the image of a character through the stories of his or her loved ones. Those who knew how he lived and how he died.
Only you are preparing it not in the 5th year of university, but during the war. And not about some mythical hero or historical figure, but about your fallen friend. To preserve his name in history.

Felix dreamed of making a movie. When he died in April, we decided to realize this dream and started shooting on 22.07.22. The documentary tells the story of the childhood, talent and combat experience of a young Ukrainian soldier, a hero of Ukraine, Felix Kurtanych, who died near Sloviansk in 2022, defending his native land since 2015.

"Felix is a movie that will resonate with millions of people who know what war is. People who have also lost close friends, relatives, and homes and were forced to become refugees in the world. Those who did not have time to say "I love you" to their closest people because of the war.

The film was realized at the expense of voluntary donations

  • Ivanna Vasylivna Slobodianiuk
    Director
  • Ivanna Vasylivna Slobodianiuk
    Writer
  • Ruslan Volodymyrovych Hryshko
    Writer
  • Ivanna Vasylivna Slobodianiuk
    Producer
  • Artem Oleksandrovich Shemet
    Producer
  • Felix Kurtanich
    Key Cast
  • Alona Kurtanich
    Key Cast
  • Valerii Kurtanich
    Key Cast
  • Capitolina Tomchuk
    Key Cast
  • Ivanna Slobodianiuk
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Фелікс
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    60 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 27, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Language:
    Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Aspect Ratio - 2.00
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Resolution-2
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • closed screening for the anniversary of the death in the cinema "Zhovten"
    kyiv
    April 27, 2023
  • closed ostentatious island of Cyprus
    Paphos
    May 15, 2023
Director Biography - Ivanna Vasylivna Slobodianiuk

"Zemlyachki"
Year: 2019

Location: Volyn, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia regions.

Product: TV product

Budget: 1,523,986 hryvnias

"Zemlyachki" is a television program about Ukraine and Ukrainian women. Full of adventures and discoveries, the journey of two presenters from the opposite ends of the country to its geographical center in order to find unique countrywomen, each of whom lives by her work, achievements, skills and charisma - creates a new image of a modern Ukrainian woman.

Believe
Year: 2021
Country Ukraine
Directors: Artem Shemet
Genre: Drama
Premiere (in the world): 11.09.2021
Duration: 65 min

The film is set among prisoners in a camp who pray in secret and are abused by the guards. At the same time, the screen shows the lives of believers who, remaining in Vinnytsia, continue their silent struggle for faith.

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"Zemlyachki"
Year: 2019

Location: Volyn, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia regions.

Product: TV product

Budget: 1,523,986 hryvnias

"Zemlyachki" is a television program about Ukraine and Ukrainian women. Full of adventures and discoveries, the journey of two presenters from the opposite ends of the country to its geographical center in order to find unique countrywomen, each of whom lives by her work, achievements, skills and charisma - creates a new image of a modern Ukrainian woman.

"Felix"
Year: 2022- 2023
Felix dreamed of making a movie. When he died in April, we decided to realize this dream and started filming on 07/22/22.
The documentary tells us about the childhood, talent and combat experience of a young Ukrainian soldier, hero of Ukraine, Felix Kurtanich, who died near Slovyansk in 2022, defending his native land since 2015.

"Felix" is a film that will resonate in the hearts of millions of people who know what war is. People who also lost their close friends, relatives, home and were forced to be a refugee in the world.

This film is dedicated to all those who because of war hadn’t time to say "I love you" to their closest people.
This project illuminates through the history of one family, the life of each family that has lost or is waiting for its relatives for 9 years during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Through the story of Felix Kurtanich, we cover all the events of independent Ukraine, as he was involved in them. This is a film about Ukraine and a warrior who always fought, fought to the last.
We will cooperate with the Ministry of Education, the National Guard of Ukraine and the State Archives of Ukraine to study, popularize the history and highlight the crimes of Russia against Ukraine.