Jamala

Acting

Jamala

Born 1983-08-27 · Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Jamala is a Ukrainian singer of Crimean Tatar origin. In 2016, she won the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "1994" about the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. She has appeared in several films, including The Guide (2014).

Acting credits

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga poster
6.4

Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

2020

The Guide poster
7.8

American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-30s Soviet Ukraine.

The Guide

2014

Jamala.UA poster
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A portrait film that reveals a different side of Jamala — without makeup, spotlights, or playing to the camera. The film lifts the veil on the familiar stage and television image of the singer, allowing us to see a real person with her own character and principles, doubts and fatigue, vulnerabilities and tenderness — yet just as devoted to the main passion of her life: music.

Jamala.UA

2017

The A-Z of Eurovision poster
2.0

Rylan Clark-Neal narrates a guide to all things Eurovision and takes a sideways look at the greatest singing contest on the planet. The A-Z of Eurovision features all the disasters, the costume changes and memorable musical moments from 65 years of Eurovision.

The A-Z of Eurovision

2020

A Magical Journey poster
4.7

11-year-old Polina, who knows nothing about her past and parents, lives with her spiteful aunt and wicked cousin. They secretly plan to get rid of the girl at the day of her birthday, all to get their hands on her mysterious inheritance. Chased by the villains, Polina manages to escape on a magical quest to discover the secret about her family. But she only has until midnight to achieve this goal.

A Magical Journey

2019

70 Jahre ESC - More than Music poster
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In 2026, the Eurovision Song Contest celebrates its 70th anniversary. With around 160 million viewers, the ESC is one of the world's biggest music spectacles. This documentary looks back on seven decades filled with music, emotions and passion. From its beginnings as a chanson competition in 1956 through flamboyant outfits and spectacular performances to unforgettable victories, bitter defeats and the political debates of the recent past. Stars like Jean Paul Gaultier, Hape Kerkeling, Tom Neuwirth (aka Conchita Wurst), and Germany's first ESC winner, Nicole, share their experiences on and off stage. The documentary paints a multifaceted portrait of the ESC, highlighting its profound influence on music, fashion, and society, as well as on the LGBTQIA+ community, thus becoming a vibrant journey through seven decades of European pop culture history.

70 Jahre ESC - More than Music

2026

Taste of Freedom poster
6.2

A young girl, cook Varia, loses her job because no one needs her haute cuisine in a roadside café. Sweet, energetic, witty – she runs as far away from home as possible in search of realization! But an unexpected discovery – a book by the forgotten legend of Ukrainian cuisine Olha Franko changes her life forever and inspires her to go local, instead of trendy!

Taste of Freedom

2024

Alice in Wonderland poster
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New Year's musical based on the well-known story by Lewis Carroll. Alice runs away from reality into a fairy tale and finds her love there.

Alice in Wonderland

2014

Kudriavka's Carols poster
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This is a Christmas musical with eight old Christmas carols that have been collected during special search expeditions. Combined with the electronic sound of Yaroslav Tatarchenko and performed by famous Ukrainian artists, these carols have found a new life and for the first time they can be heard by the general public.

Kudriavka's Carols

2022

How the Cossacks... poster
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New Year's musical about the love of the Zaporozhian Cossack Yevhen and the daughter of the headman of the Cossack village, Polina, who, despite various obstacles, will anyway be together. In order to settle his personal life, Yevhen, together with his friends Ostap and Batia, go to Moscow to buy "vodka with bubbles", which they have to bring to the girl's father for the New Year. Adventures await them on the way.

How the Cossacks...

2009

Jamala: Songs of Freedom poster
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Documentary follows Ukrainian singer-songwriter Jamala in the early hours of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and profiles her activism of raising money and awareness for her homeland. Jamala gained international fame in 2016 as the winner of the Eurovision contest where she performed her song, "1944," about the deportation to Central Asia that year of Crimean Tatars - including her great-grandmother's family. --------------- Amish Srivastava Producer ------- Jacquelyn De Phillips Editor

Jamala: Songs of Freedom

2024