45 min / 2023
UK / Ukraine
RESIDENT ADVISOR / TABOR
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, the thriving electronic scene changed forever. Overnight, producers, DJs, club owners, staff, promoters and curators became soldiers, refugees and volunteers. Such efforts swept through its venues, too. The country's dance floors were suddenly repurposed into medical training facilities and ammunition factories, coordination headquarters and volunteer centres. Ukraine: Nightlife in Resistance delves into six individual perspectives from across its club scene, uncovering from their stories the true cost of war.
Producer - Eugene Rachkovsky
Assistant Producer - Margareeta Evi
Director - Maksym Nakonechnyi
Story Editors - Whitney Wei, Sophie Misrahi, Maksym Nakonechnyi
Director of Photography - Khrystyna Lizogub
Additional camera - Denys Tokarev, Pavlo Shturnev, Michael Scofield, Viktor Konkevych
Editor - Taras Spivak
Additional Directio - Yurii Yudin
Story Consultant - Katya Gornostai
Sound Recordists - Xenia Vinogradova, Artem Kosynskyi
Sound Designer - Mykhailo Zakutskyi
Ambience Editor - Pavlo Melnyk
Music Mixer - Nina Eba
Colorist - Ivan Fomichenko
Graphics - Lucy Ross, Dan Derham, Olesia Lipskaia
Subtitles - Yuliia Lymanska, Bella Aquilina
Executive Producers - Sophie Misrahi, Kazim Rashid
Musicians Defend Ukraine
Helping Musicians who defend on Ukraine's frontline, providing protective equipment, medical supplies and humanitarian aid.