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Nils Adler

The Ukrainian filmmaker fighting on the cultural front line

Comedy filmmaker Sergiy Kulybyshev in September 2022. Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly eight months ago, Kulybyshev has been immersed in three projects centring the experiences of everyday Ukrainians [Photo courtesy of Julia Weber]

Sergiy Kulybyshev, a 45-year-old Ukrainian screenwriter and director, is serving his country in the way he knows best.

From a modest studio apartment located in a picturesque city in western Ukraine, Kulybyshev has been churning out film and television scripts with frenetic determination since late February, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the country.

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