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WORLD PREMIERE
DO YOU LOVE ME?
DO YOU LOVE ME?A FILM BY TONIA NOYABROVA / UKRAINE, SWEDEN 2023
PRODUCED BY FAMILY PRODUCTION
A FILM BY TONIA
IN CO-PRODUCTION NOYABROVA
WITH / UKRAINE,
FILM I VÄST AND SWEDEN 2023
COMMONGROUND PICTURES
PRODUCED BY FAMILY PRODUCTION
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH FILM I VÄST AND COMMONGROUND PICTURESSYNOPSIS……………………………………………..3 DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT.……………………….5 DIRECTOR….………………………………………….6 DOP.……………………………………………………..7 CREW&CAST…………………………………….8-10 PRODUCTION/PRODUCERS………………11-15 FESTIVALS...…………………………………………17 STILLS&POSTER.....………………………………..19 CONTACTS..…………………………………………20 “Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023 2
SYNOPSIS: One year before the Soviet Union collapses. Kira (17 y.o) is stepping out of her adolescence into adult life at the very same moment as Ukraine steps out of Soviet slavery into the unknown. Together they will try all kinds of things for the first time – funny, dangerous, rebellious – as every teenager does. Just as her parents' marriage falls apart and her Motherland faces the abrupt challenge of reformation, Kira must step into a new world of adolescence and face the crumbling of her childhood. Kira has to grow up briskly, learning to through her own decisions and mistakes, getting rid of childish illusions. “Mom, dad, Universe – do you love me still, and if you do, why is it all happening to us?” – seems to be a real question Kira keeps asking. As a young adult, she makes her first clumsy attempts to find an adult love too. No matter what happens, we understand that her carefree childhood is over, making room for a new challenge and adventure called life. “Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023
“Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023
"Of course, I immediately agreed to this role. As a
representative of another generation, to immerse yourself
into the 90s was a challenge for me. I advised with my
parents as it was then, because my generation of 20-year-
old modern Ukrainians grew up in other realities, in
another country.
The filming process was much easier and more pleasant
for me than the rehearsals. Almost every day we met with
Tonia and other actors to work on the scenes. We
rehearsed every scene you see in the film. We rehearsed a
lot, it took hours and hours until Tonia could say "Okay, let's
move on".
It was incredibly challenging sometimes, but this job
helped a lot on set. I believe that if you want a quality
product, rehearsals are simply necessary”.
Karyna Khymchuk, Lead actressDIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: This is a personal story of my growing up and the formation of my generation. This is my song about saying goodbye to a childhood of illusions and the desperate search for love. I wanted the audience to physically feel how our past is slipping away like sand through our fingers. I put all of my heart into this movie and carefully recreated every detail of that time that I kept in my memory and soul in order to convey the feeling of a bygone era on the screen. An era when your parents were young, and you are rebellious and childishly naive with your big open heart, and whole life ahead of you. My Kira is a symbol of my generation, the first generation of independent Ukraine. Tonia Noyabrova “Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023
Tonia Noyabrova Tonia Noyabrova, Kyiv, Ukraine.
DIRECTOR Screenwriter, director. Born in 1983 and raised in the family of noted
Ukrainian TV presenter Ilya Noyabrov and theatre actress Svetlana
Noyabrova. Education: The Kyiv National University of Culture and
Arts. Director. Started career by filming TV commercials and music
videos. After her first short film Tonia’s feature film career began. She
was awarded best Ukrainian Director at the Odesa International
Film Festival (2018). For now Tonia has three shorts and two feature
length films. All her movies are based on her own scripts.
Filmography:
• Independence Day (2012)
best short film Odesa International Film Festival
best short film Molodist IFF
• Odesa (2014)
• Everything will be all right (2015)
• Hero of my hour (2018)
best director Odesa International Film Festival
• Do you love me? (2023)
World Premiere Berlinale, PanoramaVilius Machiulskis DOP. Vilius was born in Klaipeda, Lithuania in 1979.
He cultivated a sense for texture and shape while
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY studying sculpture in Vilnius Art Academy. Worked as
an art director in the film industry where he discovered
a passion for shooting. In 2005 Vilius started his DOP
studies at VGIK.
Collaborated on art films which have been selected for
exhibition in the Centre Pompidou, the Venice Biennale,
and won the Special Mention and FIPRESCI prizes in the
Oberhausen film festival.
During February of 2022 in Ukraine, Vilius fortunately
finished filming his first author’s feature film ‘Do you
love me?’. He is grateful that this Ukrainian project has
reached the screen.
instagram facebookKEY CREW: LEAD CAST: Screenwriter & Director - Tonia Noyabrova Kira – Karyna Khymchuk Director of photography - Vilius Machiulskis Lev – Maksym Myhayilychenko Production Designer - Volodymyr Romanov Vira – Natalia Lazebnikova Casting - Alla Samoilenko Misha – Oleksandr Zhyla Costume Designer - Tetiana Kremen Editor - Tamuna Karumidze Sound Designer - Niklas Skarp Sound Editor - Christian Holm Color Grading - Jacob Ihde Executive Producer - Stanislav Prytula Producer - Anastasiia Bukovska, Danylo Kaptyukh Co-producer - Jonas Kellagher Production - Family Production Co-Production - Commonground Picture Supported by Ukrainian Film State Agency & Film i Väst “Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023
Karyna Khymchuk Karyna Khymchuk, the main character.
In 2016, she entered the Kyiv National University
LEAD ACTRESS of Culture and Arts. The Faculty of directing and
show business, pe#orming arts department.
A"er graduating from the university in 2020, she
started acting in movies. Her debut was in
Myroslav Latyk's "Kings of Rap" ("Koroli repu"),
then there was a role in Vincent Ward's "Storm
School", and the main role in Tonia Noyabrova's
film "Do you love me?".
instagram facebookNATALIA Vira OLEKSANDR Misha MAKSYM Lev LAZEBNIKOVA ZHYLA MYHAYILYCHENKO “Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023
FAMILY Filmography:
• The Final Journey (Leanders letzte Reise) (2017,
PRODUCTION directed by Nick Baker-Monteys, feature film, Ukraine,
Germany) – production service
Family is a Kyiv based production company founded by
hereditary filmmakers in 2004. We make a lot of content. • Free Country (Freies Land) (2019, directed by Christian
Feature films, commercials, music videos, you name it. And we Alvart, feature film, Ukraine, Germany) – production service
do not plan to stop.
• Bullmasti$ (2020, short film, directed by Anastasiia
Family helped to create national stands of Ukraine at the most Bukovska, Ukraine) World Premiere Molodist International Film
important film forums in the world: the Berlinale, the Cannes IFF, Festival, International Competition - Wins «The Scythian Deer»
the Toronto IFF. for the best short film. The best short film of “Golden Dzyga”
Ukrainian Film Academy Awards
• Golden leggings (2022, short film, directed by Arkadii
Nepytaliuk, Ukraine) World Premiere Cottbus Film Festival
• DAD (2022, Anna Maliszewska, feature film, Ukraine, Poland) –
co-production. World premiere Warsaw Film Festival, Main
competition, prize of the Ecumenical Jury
• Euphoria (2022, directed by Julian Rosefeldt, film installation,
Ukraine, Germany, Bułgaria, USA) - co-production. World
premiere Park Avenue Armory, New York
• Do you love me? (2023, directed by Tonia Noyabrova,
www.production.family feature film, Ukraine, Sweden) – co-production. World
instagram facebook Premiere Berlinale, PanoramaFAMILY PRODUCTION CO-FOUNDERS Anastasiia is a director and producer. Behind her back is a director's education at the Kyiv Theater, Cinema and Television University, TV experience, kilometers of footage, big clients and sleepless nights on set. Anastasiia, a member of the board of the Ukrainian Film Academy, as well as the head of the board of the Commercial Productions Association of Ukraine. Bullmasti$, Anastasiia's film debut as the director, was released in 2020 and received numerous awards at international film festivals. Danylo is a producer. Working in the film industry for 19 years. PRODUCER PRODUCER At Family, he coordinates filming processes, deals with ANASTASIIA DANYLO financial issues and internal communications. Despite his executive functions, Danylo's position is tacitly called "a BUKOVSKA KAPTYUKH creative director. instagram facebook instagram facebook Along with Anastasiia, he also co-founded the Ukrainian Film Industry Association. “Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023
USFA is the main Ukrainian fund that financially
supports and promote Ukrainian cinema all over
the world. USFA provides producers with a modern
mechanism of state support – from the
development of film projects, through production,
promotion and distribution of Ukrainian and
European films. The Ukrainian State Film Agency
welcomes all foreign partners - producers,
distributors and filmmakers alike – interested in all
forms of collaboration, including majority and
HEAD OF THE
minority co-production, with the Ukrainian film
UKRAINIAN STATE FILM
industry.
AGENCY
https://usfa.gov.ua/en MARINA
KUDERCHUK
“Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023CO-FOUNDER
Jonas has produced a string of award-winning
documentaries and fiction films that have been
broadcasted and shown on festival worldwide to great
success. Films like “The Planet” directed by Michael
Stenberg, Linus Torell and Johan Söderberg (2006),
Sundance premiering ”Sepideh” directed by Berit
Madsen (2013), Silver Bear winner at Berlinale “United
States of love” by Tomasz Wasilewksi (2016), Fugue
directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska premiering as part
of Semaine de la critique at Cannes 2018 and Sundown PRODUCER
by Michel Franco premiering as part of the official
competition at Venice Film Festival (2021) to name a few. JONAS
KELLAGHER
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“Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023Film i Väst is Scandinavia’s leading film fund and has
co-produced more than 1.300 films and drama series
since 1992. Thanks to great co-operation with Swedish
and international producers over 100 films have been
screened in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto.
Our co-productions have received twelve Oscar
nominations since 2011 and eleven Palme d’Or
nominations including Ruben Östlund’s winners The
Square and Triangle of Sadness. Thomas Vinterberg
won an Oscar in 2021 for Another Round, and Joachim PRODUCER
Trier’s The Worst Person in the World was double KRISTINA
nominated for Oscars in 2022. Film i Väst is a part of
Region Västra Götaland. BÖRJESON
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DO YOU LOVE ME? We participated in: • Work in progress section of the Cannes film festival «Ukraine now» • O$icial selection work in progress section of the San-Sabastian film festival • Work in progress section of the Stockholm film festival for Ukraine • EAVE in Demand in Ukraine under the tutorship of Diana Elbaum “Do you love me?” Dir. Tonia Noyabrova, 2023
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LOVE ME? NOYABROVA
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