Synopsis: There are some 77K foreign students in Ukraine. Naveen S G of India is one of them, studying in Kharkiv and hiding in a shelter when Russia bombs this Ukraine’s second largest city. On 1 March 2022, as he goes to buy some food, he becomes the first foreign student killed by Russia after the full-scale invasion.
Director: Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun
Writer: Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun
Producer: Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun
Country of Origin: Ukraine
Language: Ukrainian
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Runtime: 00:00:60
Project Website: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19362926
Student’s Project: No
Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun
Bio: Ukrainian film director and legal philosopher. Educated at leading universities in Ukraine and abroad, Dr Bihun prior to turning to filmmaking worked as a lawyer at the European Court in Strasbourg. He was later trained as film director at Sorbonne (adaptation of fiction and political cinema) and Baltic Film School. The filmmaker, active from 2013-14, shot films in Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia and France, nominated at over 150 film festivals and celebrated with over 100 awards. He’s well noted for active promotion of Ukrainian cinema. Dr. Bihun supported the release of his colleague Oleg Sentsov, by joining him for 17 days in solidarity for hunger strike. One of the founders and Supervisory Board’s chairman of the newly created Directors Guild of Ukraine which is the voice of film directors of Ukraine. (Filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6484261)