Crossing Oxus

Original Title: Пересікаючі Окс

Runtime: 90'

Expected Release: November 2027

Production Stage: Early production

1st Feature: Yes

Looking for: Funding for production and post-production, TV channels, potential buyers for pre-sales, festivals

Synopsis:

While exploring the scars of the Soviet past, Ukrainian cinematographer Marina meets Vyacheslav, the last Soviet soldier to leave Afghanistan, who preserved a unique personal archive of letters and 8mm films. Immersing herself in his account of the Soviet withdrawal and growing disillusionment, a fragile bond forms between them: distance slowly turning into connection as they search for a way to live with a past that cannot be changed.

Director’s Profile:

Svitlana Lishchynska is a Ukrainian filmmaker whose debut feature-length documentary A Bit of a Stranger premiered at the Berlinale Panorama in 2024.
Before turning to filmmaking, she built a successful career of over 25 years in Ukrainian television. In 2014, she made a decisive and conscious shift, leaving the industry to fully dedicate herself to documentary cinema and screenwriting.Svitlana Lishchynska’s work is marked by philosophical depth and artistic precision. Her films explore complex moral and historical realities, often through intimate, visually expressive storytelling.

 

Producer’s Profile:

Olga Gibelinda is a Ukrainian director and producer, a graduate of the Wajda Film School and the Gdynia Documentary Film School. She was also a participant of EAVE on Demand for Ukrainian Filmmakers (2023) and is a member of the Ukrainian and European Film Academies. She has extensive experience in screenwriting and film production for television, as well as in developing and promoting commercial media projects. She works across both documentary and fiction filmmaking, focusing on international co-productions and auteur-driven projects.
Her filmography includes Queens of Joy (feature documentary, 2025), The Firing Line, Just an Evening (short fiction, director, 2022), Territory (short fiction, producer, 2022), Dacha (feature documentary, producer, 2021), Kyiv. Quarantine (documentary series, director, 2020), Odesa (documentary series, producer, 2025), Ukrainian Grain (documentary, producer, 2024) and Nostos. The Return of Heroes (documentary series, producer, 2025).

Co-Producer’s Profile:

Fredrik Lange is an award-winning Swedish producer and screenwriter based in Gothenburg. He is the founder and CEO of Vilda Bomben Film, a company dedicated to bold creative documentaries and hybrid films with strong artistic and social relevance. Fredrik holds a Master degree in Film Production from the School of Film directing at Gothenburg University/HDK Valand Film School and began his career in theatre before fully transitioning into cinema.
A recipient of support from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and the EU’s MEDIA Programme as well as Eurimages, Fredrik was behind the first Swedish project (Freak Out!) to receive 60% production funding from MEDIA. He is also an alumnus of Sources 2 (2007 and 2015), EAVE (2020), and the Cannes Producers Network (2021). Since 2010, he has served as an expert for the MEDIA Programme and, since 2021, lectures in film production at and project development at HDK-Valand Film School, his Alma Mater.