Directing
Alexander Denysenko
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Alexander Denysenko is a Ukrainian-Polish film director known for Before the Dawn and Wonderwall, and a protégé of Academy Award–winning director Andrzej Wajda and Oscar-nominated cinematographer Sławomir Idziak. Wajda wrote of his student’s “talent, sensitivity and unique vision.” Denysenko has won 59 international awards, and his films have been selected for 168 festivals in 37 countries. He has served on festival juries in Kraków, Paris, and London. Born in the USSR, he came of age in 1990s independent Ukraine, between the street, where might made right, and his painter father’s studio. He trained at the Wajda School in Warsaw and at FOCAL in Switzerland, then studied the Meisner techniq…
Known for
8.0Set in a picturesque Ukrainian village in the midst of the 19th century, the film revolves around themes of love, loss, despair, and hope. In the heart of a young girl, true love blossomed, which, however, led to the darkest night in her life… The story that repeats from generation to generation. Will the young, vulnerable soul manage to break this vicious cycle?
Before the Dawn
2025
No synopsis available yet.
Wonderwall
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Film About Choosing To Live
2025
Behind the camera
8.0Set in a picturesque Ukrainian village in the midst of the 19th century, the film revolves around themes of love, loss, despair, and hope. In the heart of a young girl, true love blossomed, which, however, led to the darkest night in her life… The story that repeats from generation to generation. Will the young, vulnerable soul manage to break this vicious cycle?
Before the Dawn
2025
8.0Set in a picturesque Ukrainian village in the midst of the 19th century, the film revolves around themes of love, loss, despair, and hope. In the heart of a young girl, true love blossomed, which, however, led to the darkest night in her life… The story that repeats from generation to generation. Will the young, vulnerable soul manage to break this vicious cycle?
Before the Dawn
2025
8.0Set in a picturesque Ukrainian village in the midst of the 19th century, the film revolves around themes of love, loss, despair, and hope. In the heart of a young girl, true love blossomed, which, however, led to the darkest night in her life… The story that repeats from generation to generation. Will the young, vulnerable soul manage to break this vicious cycle?
Before the Dawn
2025
No synopsis available yet.
Wonderwall
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Film About Choosing To Live
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Film About Choosing To Live
2025
