Izrail Goldshtein

A Farewell To Cinema

Documentary about post-Soviet society’s abandonment of cinema in favour of the free market.

The Cry of the Bird

Documentary film created in 1990 based on the script of artists Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnichenko. Picturesque landscapes of Kolguyev Island, conversations with the Nenets, intimate personal reflections of Volodymyr and Ada and their work in the workshop. "The Cry of the Bird" is a philosophical parable, the main character of which is the Kolguyev Island.

The Wall

Documentary about the destruction of the Wall of Memory, the monumental avant-garde reliefs at Kyiv crematorium that artists Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnichenko had been working on since 1968, after local authorities concreted them over in 1982.