UKRAINIAN DANCE MOVIE
AFI DWW+ 2024 | USA / TRT 18:49
After an audition goes awry, a professional Ukrainian-American folk dancer, whose career was upended by war, tries to find a new sense of meaning by teaching at her spirited fathers folk dancing school in Hollywood. With his own major life change just around the corner, it is up to father and daughter to decide if the legacy of the school will live on as they find the power to perform one last dance.
*WINNER BEST SHORT FILM Colofilm Festival 2025
UPCOMING 2025 SCREENINGS
ALFRED UNIVERSITY, Rochester NY - March 24th
TROYANDA Ukrainian Festival Alberta, Canada - March 22nd at 1:00pm
*Official Selection PASADENA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - April 6th at 6:00pm - Shorts Block 18
*Official Selection CAPITAL CITIES FILM FESTIVAL - April 12th at 1:00pm - Women Directing Block
*Official Selection JULIEN DUBUQUE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - April 22nd & April 27th - Shorts Block 14
*Official Selection TORONTO UKRAINIAN FILM FESTIVAL - April 24-27th - TIME TBD
PAST SCREENINGS
*WORLD PREMIERE Oscar-qualifying HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Official Selection EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2024
*WINNER BEST SHORT FILM Colofilm Festival 2025
Official Selection CAMBRIA FILM FESTIVAL 2025
Directed by ROXY TOPOROWYCH
Written by ROXY TOPOROWYCH & PIETRO LORINO, JR
Starring KAYLA RADOMSKI & ZORAN RADANOVICH
Produced by DIANA DEKAJLO, PIETRO LORINO, JR, ROXY TOPOROWYCH, NATALIA LABENSKYJ
Cinematography by HILDA MERCADO, AMC
Choreography by STEFAN CALKA
Edited by BEN KIM
Music by ALEX BROWN CHURCH
A Project of the DWW+ at the AFI Conservatory
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED by Ukrainian Culture Center LA, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Veselka NYC, SUMA Federal Credit Union, Self Reliance NY Federal Credit Union, Saint Javelin, Post Angeles, Rudy’s Strudel and Bakery, TUFF, American Coalition of Ukrainian Organizations
