EXCLUSIVE: A pair of Nordic networks have boarded Those Who Stayed, the Ukraine invasion anthology series we first told you about last year. Public broadcasters SVT in Sweden and YLE in Finland hav…
The anthology comedy/drama will focus on the immediate aftermath of the February 24 invasion, with each episode telling the story of a group of characters whose paths cross with characters from different episodes. These encounters will be used as easter eggs that will tease what’s coming next.Koza Nostra
Lodkina will write episode one, titled ‘Family’, which Olexiy Esakov is directing. Artem Lytvynenko is writing and directing episode two, ‘In the Zoo’; Pavlo Ostrikov is behind episode three ‘Homeless’; Tala Prystaetska lead on episode four, ‘Mom, I’m Not Scared’; and Serhiy Luschyk is writing episode five, ‘Kyiv-Berlin’, with Valentyn Shpakov directing. Lodkina also writes episode six, ‘The Star in the City’, which Katya Tsarik is directing.
The stories include one about a celebrity who stays in Kyiv when his whole team runs, which was inspired by Andriy Danylko, known as Verka Serduchka, who was behind Ukraine’s entry for Eurovision 2007. The producers have secured the rights to his life story and will end the episode with real footage of Verka Serduchka performing in a Kyiv metro station.“The scripts are inspired by the true stories that happened or were witnessed by them,” said Lodkina and Eliseeva in a statement.
Vyshnevska is announcing the new partners today at the Series in Development showcase at the Gothenburg Film Festival today. The nonprofit organization she runs, the Ukraine Content Club, is presenting today, with“The world as we know it has changed,” said Vyshnevska. “February 2022 ushered in a war in the heart of Europe. May February 2023 ushers in a year where we, the citizens of Europe, stand together when it comes to protecting our values and telling our shared stories together.
According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, there were 18,657 record civilian casualties in the country, with 7,110 killed from the start of the invasion to January 29, 2023.
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