WORLD PREMIERE AUGUST 10 2024
UKRAINIAN DANCE MOVIE
AFI DWW+ 2024 | USA / TRT 18:49
After an audition goes awry, a professional Ukrainian-American folk dancer, whose career was upended by war, tries to find a new sense of meaning by teaching at her spirited fathers folk dancing school in Hollywood. With his own major life change just around the corner, it is up to father and daughter to decide if the legacy of the school will live on as they find the power to perform one last dance.
Directed by ROXY TOPOROWYCH
Written by ROXY TOPOROWYCH & PIETRO LORINO, JR
Starring KAYLA RADOMSKI & ZORAN RADANOVICH
Produced by DIANA DEKAJLO, PIETRO LORINO, JR, ROXY TOPOROWYCH, NATALIA LABENSKYJ
MIRANDA GUZMAN, MIRANDA PACHECO, RICHARD AVIS
Cinematography by HILDA MERCADO, AMC
Edited by BEN KIM
Music by ALEX BROWN CHURCH
A Project of the DWW+ at the AFI Conservatory
*Shot on location at the Ukrainian Culture Center in Los Angeles, CA
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
*Oscar-qualifying HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Edmonton Film Festival 2024
Colofilm Festival 2025
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED by Ukrainian Culture Center LA, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Veselka NYC, SUMA Federal Credit Union, Self Reliance NY Federal Credit Union, Saint Javelin, Post Angeles, Rudy’s Strudel and Bakery, TUFF, American Coalition of Ukrainian Organizations
