KHOTTABYCH AND HIS TEAM

Director: Serhiy Lysenko

Country: Ukraine

Year of production: 2016

Duration: 26 min

Subject:

Human rights
Right to liberty
Right to life
The right to health care
Human dignity
The citizen and the state

Audience:

Activists / NGOs
Teachers
Government officials
Journalists
Institutions of the state penitentiary system of Ukraine
Employees of penitentiary system
Students
Lawyers

Reform:

Khottabych is a former steelworker and CFO. After the Maidan, he fought in the ATO zone as a volunteer with the 1st battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine. In the course of one year at war, Ilya Lysenko, nicknamed Khottabych, managed to create a team of five crews that evacuated the wounded from the frontline. Volunteer medics from Khottabych's team have repeatedly come under fire, traveled to terrorist-controlled territory, and risked their own lives to save wounded soldiers.

director

Serhiy Lysenko

Serhiy Lysenko graduated from the Film Directing Department of the Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Film and Television. He worked as a filmmaker and screenwriter at FilmUA and Star Media. In 2012, in cooperation with Viktor Shcheglov, he founded the Generator Film studio to work on his own film projects.