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Sergiy Kulybyshev
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DirectorWriter
Country:
Ukraine
Sergiy Kulybyshev is a Ukrainian director and writer working across film, television, and theatre, and a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy. Born in Crimea and displaced by the Russian occupation in 2014, he has written and directed over 400 episodes for television since 2003.
In 2024, he was awarded Playwright of the Year by Ukrinform’s Theatrical Infoboom. His recent works include the original series comedy drama Burying the Ex (Sweet.tv, UA, 2025), named Best Series of the Year at the Black Lotus Awards 2026, and the short film The Sunny (2024), which has received multiple awards and was officially selected for Palm Springs International ShortFest 2025.
Sergiy is also the creator of the socially impactful sitcom Hromada (NLO TV, UA), winner of USAID’s PITCH UA 2019. His theatre works include Magnificent Century. Happy (winner of the Drama.ua Award 2023) and Polyandry staged at the Franko National Theatre in Kyiv and nominated for the GRA Theatre Award 2026.
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The Shot at Success
“This is a story about love,” ironizes the narrator, Vynnychenko. In 1918, amid the collapse of empires and the chaos of war, Kyiv becomes the stage for a fragile new state. General Pavlo, a man ...
The Shot at Success
“This is a story about love,” ironizes the narrator, Vynnychenko. In 1918, amid the collapse of empires and the chaos of war, Kyiv becomes the stage for a fragile new state. General Pavlo, a man ...
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