Evening School
Evening School is a feature-length documentary set in Ukraine’s only public music school for adults. Over one academic year, the film follows students and teachers as they attend lessons, rehearse, and prepare for performances during wartime. Among them are Yurii, a wounded soldier who returns to military service while continuing his musical studies; Olena, a single mother who spends most of her free time at school; and violin teacher Valentyna Anatoliivna, patiently guiding an adult beginner. Together, they form a portrait of a community sustained by learning, routine, and music.
Production stage: Development
Estimated release: 2028
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Documentary filmmaker, photographer, and visual storyteller working with photography and film since 2016. His practice combines observational documentary methods with a strong focus on character-driven stories and social realities. Currently directing "Evening School", a feature documentary about an adult music school in wartime Kyiv. He also works as local producer on *Chornobyl, NPP Amidst the War* (LCI, France) and cinematographer on *Holding Each Other*, a short documentary about intimacy, disability, and post-war reintegration in Ukraine.
Yuliia Kolinko is a Ukrainian film editor who graduated in 2019 from the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television in Kyiv. She currently works in documentary film, editing projects in collaboration with the Ukrainian documentary collective Babylon’13. Her credits include several documentary projects.