Ema. Miljonite nimel (2014)

Inspired by the story “The Mother” by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Directed by Vyacheslav (Slavik) BIHUN (Ukraine)
Screenplay by:
Vyacheslav (Slavik) BIHUN (Ukraine)
Katarina REBANE (Estonia)
International Producer: Vyacheslav (Slavik) BIHUN (Ukraine)
Estonian Producer: Veli Valentin RAJASAAR (Estonia)
Ukrainian Producer: Yuriy CHYZHMAR (Ukraine)
Production Centre: BALTIC FILM AND MEDIA SCHOOL
Director of Photography: Akseli VIRTANEN (Finland)
Camera Operator: Rui DIAS (Portugal)
Camera Assistant: Lina VONSAVIČIŪTĖ (Lithuania)
Gaffer: Ermins BALTAIS (Latvia)
Art Director: Adele Thele KUUSK (Estonia, Sweden)
Production Assistants: Giampietro BALIA (Italy), Sanna Maria RINK (Estonia)
Production Adviser: Oleksandr PEDOS (Ukraine)
War History Adviser: Evhen TSYBULENKO (Estonia)
Make-up Artists: Jennifer SCHOLZ (Estonia), Kelli NEITSOV (Estonia)
Editors: Kätlin LUHT (Estonia), Vyacheslav (Slavik) BIHUN (Ukraine)
Title design: Kätlin LUHT (Estonia)
Visual effects: Akseli VIRTANEN (Finland)
Color grading: Akseli VIRTANEN (Finland)
Sound operator / Sound recordist: Dmitry NATALEVICH (Belarus)
Sound assistant: Alondra CHEMODANOV (Estonia)
Music composer: Volodymyr Gronsky (Ukraine)
Sound designer: Dmitry NATALEVICH (Belarus)
Foley artist: Daniel PICóN (Venezuela), Kauri Lemberg (Estonia)
Music recordist: Dmitry NATALEVICH (Belarus), Ahmed ZALABANY (Egypt)
Foley recordist: Dmitry NATALEVICH (Belarus)
Special thanks: JOSE DIOGO NEVES (Portugal), RAUL ANN (Estonia)
Casting by Gerli NÕMM (Estonia)
Film Director Assistants: Katariina REBANE (Estonia), Gerli NÕMM (Estonia), Oleksandr PEDOS (Ukraine)
Script/Film Advisers: Christian ROUTH (UK), Greta VARTS (Estonia), Dirk HOYER (Germany), PEETER SIMM (Estonia)
Catering: Larysa SHEKHOVTEVA (Estonia)
Photographer & BTS: Ronet TÄNAV (Estonia)
Choreography Adviser: Aleksandra SITNIKOVA (Russia)
Drivers: Kristiina TANG, Marek RÄSTAS, Erik-Hans SEPP, Rainer KALA (all - Estonia)
Poster Designers: Krista TULP (Estonia), Roman TUROVSKI (Estonia)

Mother: Lesia LYPCHUK (Ukraine)
Old Son: Alexander IVASHKEVICH (Estonia)

Nazi Officer: Graeme DALLAS (Scotland)

Pilot: Siim PüVI (Estonia)

Polizei´s Wife: Lana VATSEL (Croatia)

Polizei: Lembit HIIE (Estonia)

Young Lady: Kätlin HALLIK (Estonia)
Young Son: Deniss SAVCHENKO (Ukraine)

Small Son: Leonid TUROVSKI (Estonia)

Young Mother: Ilina PERIANOVA (Bulgaria)

Young Father: Oleksandr PEDOS (Ukraine)
Neighbor: Vira KONYK (Estonia)
Old Villager: Borislav KULIK (Estonia)

12 Villagers:
Teresa BADZJO
Nadjezhda BONDARETS
Mykola BERESTIUK
Oleg BOGIV
Olena IVANCHENKO (Russia)
Tatiana KUCHER
Piret KUUB
Adele Thele KUUSK
Anell LEEVAND
Anna PERT
Meeri VÄINSAAR
(all – Estonia unless otherwise noted)
Dogs: Margman, Quicken
Dogs‘ Trainer: Piret KOOR (Estonia)
Nazi Soldiers: Thomas KOLLI (Estonia), Raul KAJAR (Estonia), Villi KALDA (Estonia), Kasper PAAVO (Estonia)
Voices: Maximilian Bade (Germany), Stefan Hoffmann (Germany)

MUSIC
Folk Songs "Oy, Bozhe, Bozhe", "Vyshyvanka", "Schedrivka", "Kolyadka" performed by Ukrainian Folk Ensemble "ZHURBA" (Folklooriansambel "ZÜRBA")
Nadija BELJAEVA, Ljubov KIZILO, Lidiia LEIBIUK, Svitlana KOKSER,
Tamara ZAHARTSENKO, Julija Martjakova, Performers. Volodymyr LEIBIUK, Art Director
Recorded in the Studio of the Baltic Film and Media School
“HADRIAL”
Written and performed by Uri Caine
"Dialogue Bandura-Violin"
written and performed by Roman HRYNKIV and Vasyl POPADUIK
Used with permission
FILM SUITE No. 3
Written by Volodymyr Gronsky
“Son Theme” and “Meeting the Son”, parts of the Film Suite No. 3
"Vernisia Nazad"
Composed by Wasyl GULA, Performed by "Trembita Orchestra"
Recorded on 5 May 1930 (New York, New York. 46th Street Studio)
"Zapovit" Melody
Performed on bandura by Alla INNO-YAKYMENKO

Archives:
State Archive of Ukraine (Derzhkomarkhiv Ukrainy)
State Archive of the Security Services of Ukraine (GDA SBU)
Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes «Terytoriya Teroru» (territoryterror.org.ua)
Vyacheslav Bihun's personal archive and collections
Archive WWII footage: film "Battle for Soviet Ukraine" ("Bytva za nashu Radyans'ku Ukrayinu") (by O. Dozhenko, Y. Solntzeva, Y. Avdeenko, 1943)

Thanks:
Tallinn University | Baltic Film and Media School (Tallinn)
Peeter SIMM, Film director, BFM Directing Tutor (Tallinn)
Tiit LAND, Rector of Tallinn University
Katrin SAKS, BFM Director
Elen LOTMAN, BFM Head of Film Studies, Cinematographer (Estonia)
Peter MURDMAA, BFM Project Manager (Estonia)
Silke HARTEN-PRE​ISS, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Ramona-Riin DREMLJUGA, BFM Administrative Assistant
Malle WHITCOMBE, BFM Studies Assistant
Natali KILK, BFM Head of Studies (2013)
Toomas SÄÄS, BFM Production Manager
Raul TÕNURIST, BFM Storage Technician
Tõnu TALPSEP, BFM Technical Specialist
Anneli AHVEN, BFM Associate Professor of Film Production
Arko OKK, BFM Cinematography Tutor
The Estonian Open Air Museum (Tallinn)
(shooting location)
Merike LANG, Director
Dagmar INGI, Manager
Meeri VÄINSAAR, House Keeper
Kolu KÕRTS
Žanna TAMBERG

Ukrainian Cultural Center and Ukranian Community (Tallinn)
Anatoli LJUTJUK, Head of Ukrainian Cultural Center
Vira KONYK, Head of Congress of Ukrainians in Estonia
Teresa BADZJO, member of Ukrainian community (Tallinn)

Dovzhenko Film Studios (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Volodymyr GRONSKY, Leading composer at Dovzhenko Film Studios
Serhiy TRYMBACH, Head of Ukrainian Filmmakers' Union

Costume Production Advice and Support
DRAAMATEATER
Liili AASMA
Mare RAIDMA
Helina RISTI
Kadri VARBLANE
Karin TETSMANN

The Companies
1Autorent
Leibur
AS InGri

The Director also wish to thanks individually
Alexander BADZJO
Andrei LAZURIN
Anne-Mai SAAR
Deniss SAVCHENKO
Dila UZSUT
Domenico MALCANGI
Ekatirina CHIGULINA
Gabriel DETTRE
GALYNA USATENKO
Ganna MIYSAK
Ira IVANOVA
Jaane LAINE
Liisa KOPPEL
Lilia IVANCHENKO
Kadri NIKOPENSIUS
Kiira HAUSVALTER
Ksenya RAKOCZY
Kirke TINNO
Margus SINIMETS
Martin AADAMSOO
Martin JUNNA
Meeri VÄINSAAR
Mirjam JEGOROV
Natalia SUMSKA
Piret KOOR
Raido PEDAK
Roman TUROVSKI
Rostislav CHIKALSKI
Sergey GOLOVIN
Tanel TANG
Rasmus PUKSMANN
Taras LEHINEVYCH
Tonu TALPSEP
Lembit ULFSAK

All characters appearing in this work are fictitious.
Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

© 2014, Vyacheslav Bihun, Yuriy Chyzhmar, Baltic Film and Media School