Into the Darkness
I am Mariia, an aspiring documentary filmmaker from Ukraine. The war has taken away my former life. Therefore, my colleague and I go to the frontline to film, to face the danger, to define a new meaning for ourselves and to understand how to continue living.
The Friedrich Baur Foundation, in cooperation with the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts and the International Hof Film Festival, has awarded a commissioned scholarship to the Ukrainian documentary filmmaker Mariia Shevchenko. After the film, filmmaker and media artist Philip Gröning talks with Mariia Shevchenko.
Into the Darkness
Mariia Shevchenko
- Documentary
- Production Country / Year
- Ukraine 2022
- Language
- ru., uk. OF ohne UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 40min
1.78:1 (16:9), Stereo
- Original Title
- Into the Darkness - В темноту
Director & Crew
Mariia Shevchenko
Born in 1992 in Berdiansk/Ukraine. Studied Journalism at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. Active as a journalist and documentary filmmaker.
Filmography
2020 BIRTHMARK, Kurzfilm
2022 WINNERS, Dokumentar-TV-Serie
INTO THE DARKNESS, Dokumentarfilm HOF 2022
“For me, as a director, it is extremely important to be in the war. I want to see and feel as much as possible with my own eyes. Thus, the stories that I tell will gain a deeper sense. I make movies because this way I can document important changes in the lives of people and my country. War changes everything very quickly. A person or a whole house may not even be there tomorrow. At the same time, I see that in the place of social ties destroyed by missiles, people are creating new ones. I want to speak to the world in film because I believe that honestly and professionally made films will make the world a better place.”
Mariia Shevchenko
- Director of Photography
- Sashko Brama
- Mariia Shevchenko
- Editor
- Serhii Dotsenko