Person

Vyacheslav Bihun

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Biography

Vyacheslav Bihun is a 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 a film director at the 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 known for his active promotion of Ukrainian cinema. Bihun supported the release of his colleague, Oleg Sentsov, by joining him for 17 days in solidarity for a hunger strike. He’s one of the founders and chairman of the Directors Guild of Ukraine, which is the voice of film directors in Ukraine.

Known for

Filmography

2025TulipaScreenplay
2025Unforgotten. RuslanDirector
2023Duma about JusticeWriter
2023ZirkaScreenplay
2023Last ShootingDirector
2022Light and Shadows. Ivan ChendejEditor
2022Last Call: Indian SonDirector
2022AeternusEditor
2021I Am TyachivDirector
2021MagnificusCamera Operator
2020FatalisDirector
2020Chendej's ShadowsDirector
2020Many summers. StableDirector
2019Verdict 19Director
2019MoroDirector
2018Strong in SpiritDirector
2017The Heart of Mother GongadzeDirector
2017Last SoldierDirector
2017Between Hell and ParadiseDirector
2016MarusiaProducer
2016PassionDirector
2016Closest to GodDirector
2016A Letter to TarkovskyDirector
2015Lady and BreadDirector
2015Angel CityDirector
2014SanctuariumDirector
2014I Am HerDirector
2014Mother. In the Name of MillionsDirector
2013Penalty of JusticeDirector
2013Dovzhenko. Ukrainian Homer of CinemaDirector
—Ukraine on TrialDirector
—SuperficioDirector

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