MIDPOINT Series Launch
Black Square
5 Days of Life of Kazimir Malevich, a renowned Ukrainian artist, who fights the Soviet regime for the right to create art freely. Malevich presents his most provocative painting, The Black Square, for public view and creates a major uproar challenging the Soviet government with the questions: Does a painting carry a hidden message? Could it be a political prophecy? His opponents, fellow artists, do not understand his art. The women in his life know they would always be his second priority. 5 hectic Days, to explicate the interchangeable connections between: time and space, art and politics, love and inspiration.
Daria Onyshchenko is a Ukrainian-German awards-winning film-director and screenwriter, based in Munich. Her feature films “Eastalgia” and “The Forgotten”, both international co-productions, were successful at the international film festivals and in cinema release. Daria is a member of the Above the Line talent Agency.
Anna Palenchuk is one of the leading Ukrainian film producers, the founder of the 435Films production company, with huge experience in co-production of feature and documentary films, among them “Numbers” by Oleg Sentzov, “Rodnije” by Vitali Manski, “Eastalgia” by Daria Onyshchenko, etc.