Genie in the Air

Director: Serhii Lysenko

Country: Ukraine

Year of production: 2026

Duration: 40 min

Subject:

Right to life
The citizen and the state

Audience:

Activists / NGOs
Students
Pupils
Journalists
Teachers
international audiences

The film focuses on the work of the ‘Ravlyk’ press group, which operated under the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from May 2022 until it was disbanded in 2024. The film recounts the work of journalists who documented the war, travelled to the front line and spoke with military personnel. It is a story about people who remained behind the scenes but recorded events that have now become part of history.

director

Serhii Lysenko

Serhii Lysenko is a Ukrainian documentary and feature film director who graduated from the Kyiv University of Theater, Cinema and Television. The topics of his documentaries include the Russian-Ukrainian war, Maidan, public movement, and ecology. In 2022, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine as an officer of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade.

Selected Filmography:

Genie in the Air (2026), Rager (2025), Something More Than Life (2024), If You Want to Fly, Dig (2023), Apache Tribe (2023), Badaboom (2023), OurDay (2023), Say Ukraine (not completed due to the war) (2021), Estories. Battle for Paradise (2021), Our Chaplain (2020), Brothers in Arms (2018), Encyclopedia of Maidan (2015), Amosov — Century (2013), Heartbeat (2011), Trap (2008), Thaw (2007)