29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Kyiv Etude
Kyiv Etude
Kyiv Etude

Kyiv Etude

Eduard Tymlin / USSR / 1966 / International Premiere / 9 min.


synopsis

Close-up details of sculptures and architecture in public spaces and shots of people on big city streets, set to music ranging from romantic tunes to jazz. The series of portraits and anthropological sketches shows one day in the life of Kyiv.

biography

Eduard Tymlin (1938) is primarily a cinematographer; in addition to his own work, he is the head of the Cinematography Department of the Film and Television faculty at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. Czech audiences are familiar with Tymlin’s style thanks to his work on the film The Golem: The Petrified Garden. Roman Balayan cast him in a small role in his film Guard Me, My Talisman (1989).

more about film

director: Eduard Tymlin

contact

OLEKSANDR DOVZHENKO NATIONAL CENTRE
Vasylkivska str., 1
03040 / Kiev / Ukraine
+38 044 201 65 74 / info.dc@dovzhenkocentre.org

Film at festival

premiere type:International Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Conference Fascinations: Ukraine
format:Video File
colour:Colour

Info

director:Eduard Tymlin
original title:Kyi'vs'kyj etjud
country:USSR
year:1966
running time:9 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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