Volodymyr Yatsenko

Production

Volodymyr Yatsenko

Born 1977-12-10

Volodymyr Yatsenko was born in Donbas region, Ukraine. Graduated from Kyiv National Economic University as an economist, then from Kyiv National Theatre, Cinema and Television University as a producer. Volodymyr is the co-owner and general producer of the production company Limelite and ForeFilms. During 11 years Limelite produced more that 600 commercials video, producing both national films and international co-productions. He is the Head of Film Industry Association of Ukraine and the Head of the Social Council at the Ukrainian State Film Agency. Participant of Producers Network 2017 and KVIFF MIDPOINT Intensive 2017 and EAVE Marketing Workshop 2017.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

U Are the Universe poster
7.6

After the explosion of the Earth, the Ukrainian space trucker Andriy becomes the only human in the Universe until French woman Catherine calls him from the faraway space station. Andriy decides to see her despite all the obstacles.

U Are the Universe

2025

Luxembourg, Luxembourg poster
7.8

Kolya and Vasylii learn that their father, who left them when they were children, is dying in Luxembourg, far away from them. One of them wants to go and find his father, while the other one does everything he can to prevent the first from leaving the country. As a result, they both go to Luxembourg in search of their dad: Kolya considers him a hero, while Vasylii thinks he is a scoundrel.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2023

The Betrayers poster
NR

A former Israeli politician and Soviet dissident finds his betrayer at a Crimean resort, sparking a confrontation with past wounds and questions of justice and forgiveness.

The Betrayers

2026

The Wild Fields poster
6.7

The protagonist, Herman has to come back to his native Donbas after years spent away. He has to look into the case of his brother’s sudden disappearance. Herman meets real and unreal characters, his childhood friends and the local mafia. And suddenly, to his own surprise, he decides to stay in his native town with people who love and believe him and need his defense.

The Wild Fields

2018

Jordan ‘96 poster
NR

At the disco Andriy, an 18-year-old boy, meets his classmate Zhenya, who moved away from their provincial town a few years earlier. When Zhenya disappears, all suspicion falls on Andriy who returns home in his friend’s sneakers. Zhenya's father, a local criminal authority, independently begins the search for his son.

Jordan ‘96

2022

Accordion Dreams poster
NR

In the absence of sex education in school and at home in a Russian province in the early 90's, the boy Serezja discovers his sexuality in a strange and comical way in which an accordion plays a crucial role.

Accordion Dreams

2012

Eternity poster
NR

The digitizing of human souls means the nature of humanity itself changes in the future.

Eternity

2019

Siblings poster
NR

The newly minted family moves into a new home. It happened just a couple of days after the two girls, Rita (12) and Kira (10), were told that their parents would soon get married. So now they will become step-sisters and live together – they will be one big family. Rita is happy finally to get the good father she always dreamed of. Kira does not like the idea of the new family at all. New rules and new conflicts arise in the new family life. Someone has to give in, but neither girl is willing to give up. Parents decide to make a new, common child. This threat unites girls.

Siblings

Atlantis poster
6.6

A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.

Atlantis

2020

No artwork available
NR

Plot TBA. Represents Radu Jude's feelings of "creative obligation" to Romania and channels Roberto Rossellini's 1948 film 'L'amore' while exploring sociopolitical tensions in Europe.

Love Diptych

To the Victory! poster
NR

A dystopian story set in post-war Ukraine, where a frustrated film director struggles to make the most of his life after being denied the opportunity to pursue his movie-making career. Estranged from his wife and daughter, who have been living in Vienna and are reluctant to return to their war-torn nation, the director tries to find solace in his conviction that the difficult times will pass and life will return to normal.

To the Victory!

2025

Operator Victoria poster
NR

Victoria is a call center operator for the Psychological Support Service. She lives with a drug addict partner and dreams of reconciliation with her son, who is temporarily raised by her mother. When her partner steals the only money they've had and disappears, and her mother announces she's about to sue for the child's custody, Victoria decides that the only one way out is to commit suicide. However, at the very edge between life and death, she finds the true path to herself.

Operator Victoria

2021

Rock Paper Grenade poster
7.4

A story about relationships between children and adults broken by shaky 1990s in Ukraine. The boy Tymophii befriends a weird man named Felix. He's the veteran of Afghan war, he has PTSD and he loves music.

Rock Paper Grenade

2024

No artwork available
NR

After his stand-up routine goes awry, Luka goes to drink his sorrows away in a bar. There he meets a mysterious woman in a bar, with the two immediately hitting it off and deciding to go to the former's apartment together. However, as the night goes on, what was supposed to be a one time hook-up leads to the two discovering much more about themselves and they form a powerful spiritual connection.

Silence

2026

House on the Edge of the Planet poster
NR

A child with PTSD struggles in a country and family at war, learning to dream big once again.

House on the Edge of the Planet

2015

Homeward poster
7.3

Having lost his oldest son in the war between Russia and Ukraine, Mustafa resolves to bring the boy’s body to the land of his birth: Crimea. Together, he and his younger son set out on a journey that will profoundly mark their relationship.

Homeward

2019

Black Sunflowers poster
NR

Black Sunflowers is a mosaic of Ukrainian youth, shuttling between the frontlines and civilian life, captured by the gifted American filmmaker James Marcus Haney (No Cameras Allowed) collaborating with an esteemed Ukrainian crew.

Black Sunflowers

2026

Alive poster
NR

Ukraine. The time of the military Russian invasion. Two Ukrainian soldiers are doing the "routine" work of transporting the bodies of the dead.

Alive

2023

The Toreadors from Vasyukivka poster
NR

A new planned film adaptation of Vsevolod Nestayko's novel.

The Toreadors from Vasyukivka

Maria poster
NR

At the age of 16, Maria is in despair after the death of her mother as her life turns into hell. But she has to deal with the new circumstances. Every day turns into a trial. She is being isolated in a small apartment in one of Kyiv’s Residential districts, constantly suffering from sexual abuse. Being forced into this situation yet again, Maria decides on a desperate deed to put an end to years of violence from which she has suffered.

Maria

2021

ORTALAN poster
NR

On May 18, 1944, the entire Crimean Tatar people were deported from their homeland, except for the boy Ismail, who doesn’t know what happened and where his family disappeared to.

ORTALAN

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Stars at the Bottom

Screaming Girl poster
NR

On the way to her dream of becoming an actress, Sasha cannot be stopped by her mother, war and poverty. Will Sasha be stopped by the spear that accidentally stabbed her on a stupid shootings?

Screaming Girl