Private Project

My Morning Routine

A 19-year-old soldier films his life in Bakhmut on a GoPro and unintentionally shifts how we see one of the bloodiest battles of the war. We are the younger generation of Ukrainians, raised on YouTube videos that promised perfect morning routines and glossy everyday lives.
What happens when that idealised routine meets the very imperfect realities of the frontline?
It’s a story of a teenager who refuses to give up the humour, rhythm and stubborn normality of being nineteen, even in a place where none of it should exist.

  • Vadym Adamov
    Director
  • Eva Zurian
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 21, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4'3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Ukrainian Film Critics Award KINOKOLO
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    Best Documentary Short Film Nomination
  • Ivano-Frankivsk International Short Film Festival 4:3
    Ivano-Frankivsk
    Ukraine
    Jury Special Mention
  • OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    Jury Special Mention
Director Biography - Vadym Adamov

Vadym Adamov is an Emmy-nominated Ukrainian filmmaker, director, and serviceman. He began working as a DOP at the age of fifteen and directed his first music video at seventeen. Two weeks after his eighteenth birthday, following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he volunteered to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Alongside his service he works extensively with international journalists as a fixer and field producer, supporting frontline reporting and documentary filmmaking. He is also a co-producer of The Moses Videos, a project that received an Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding Light Feature Story: Long Form”.

Vadym is the director of My Morning Routine, a short documentary capturing the everyday life of a 19-year-old soldier through a GoPro lens. The film was also nominated for the Ukrainian National Film Critics Award “Kinokolo” for Best Documentary Short.

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Director Statement

-"I wake up, then i meditate for 1 hour and drink a glass of lemon water..."

Have you seen stuff like this on social media?
IVideos that are touting the "perfect" routine, a set of actions supposed to gear you up. Is this "perfect morning routine" hype a good thing or just a social media fad?

I decided to show my routine. The one i am voluntarily forced to live with, and the one that also helps me to achieve my goals.

With the one thing, that differs it - i am 19 y.o. soldier of Ukrainian army, fighting the hottest frontline in the world.