Battle for Sevastopol
The war catches a young student Lyudmila Pavlychenko off-guard in Odessa. She volunteers in the army and is moved to the front line after a brief stint in the sniper school. Her natural marksmanship and ability to keep calm under duress make her a true sharpshooter. Her personal hitlist is over 309 names long. But Lyudmila is severely shot, and her lover is killed in one of the battles.
The girl barely manages to leave Sevastopol and is sent to USA as part of the government mission. In the White House, she is introduced to Eleanor Roosevelt, and her speech to the press makes her a household name in the states. “Gentlemen, you’ve been hiding behind my back for way too long” — two months after her famous speech, the Allies open the Second Front.
- Director: Sergiy Mokrytsky
- Producer: Egor Olesov, Nataliia Mokrytska
- Director of photography: Yury Korol
- Cast: Yuliia Peresild, Yevhen Tsyhanov, Mykyta Tarasov, Dzhoan Blekkhem, Vitalii Linetskyi, Stanislav Boklan, Dmytro Lalienkov, Mykola Boklan, Oleksandr Yarema, Oleh Drach
- Scriptwriter: Maxim Budarin, Egor Olesov, Maxim Dankevich, Leonid Korin, Sergiy Mokrytsky
- Costume director: Oleksiy Kamyshov
- Production designer: Yury Hryhorovych
- Make-up Artist: Liliana Khoma
- Music by: Yevhen Halperin
- Budget: $5 million
- Release in Ukraine: 2 April 2015
- Distributor: 20th Century Fox, FILM.UA Distribution
- Awards:
Best actress, Beijing International Film Festival 2015
Special Jury Award, WorldFest Houston 2016
Gold World Medal (mini-series), New York Festival's World's Best TV & Films 2016
Silver World Medal (special visual effects), New York Festival's World's Best TV & Films 2016
Platinum A'Design Award, A'Design Award and Competition 2015-2016
intermedia-globe-Gold, WorldMediaFestival 2016
Best TV film/mini-series, Teletriumph 2014-2015
Title design & Motion graphics, Ukrainian Design: the very best of
Best Actress, Golden Eagle Awards 2015
Best Cinematography, Golden Eagle Awards 2015
Best Actress, Marbella International Russian Film Festival 2016
Best Director, Marbella International Russian Film Festival 2016
Best Director, AFTP 2016
Best original music for a TV movie/series, AFTP 2016
Best VFX, AFTP 2016
Best Direction of a TV film/series, TEFI 2017
Best Actress Award, 57th Asia Pacific Film Festival
- Nominations:
Drama Series, Banff World Media Festival 2016
European Series Competition, Festival de la fiction TV 2016
Best actress, International Gold Panda” Awards for TV Drama of 2015 (13th) SCTVF
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode, VES Awards 2015
Best Picture, Golden Eagle Awards 2015
Best Director, Golden Eagle Awards 2015
Best Actor, Golden Eagle Awards 2015
Best Original Music Score, Golden Eagle Awards 2015
Best Costume Design, Golden Eagle Awards 2015
Best Production Design, Golden Eagle Awards 2015
Best television film, AFTP 2016
Best Script, AFTP 2016
Best cinematography, AFTP 2016
Best Art Direction, AFTP 2016
Bert costume design, AFTP 2016
Best Makeup, AFTP 2016
Best Sound Design, AFTP 2016
Best Editing, AFTP 2016
Best actress of a TV movie/series, AFTP 2016