Acting
Nov 15, 1968
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, [now Kyiv, Ukraine]
Olena Uzliuk
Acting
Biography
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Feature Films (16)
A seventeen-year-old village school graduate, a guy nicknamed Kazan, dreams of becoming a famous rapper and winning the heart of Sveta. For the sake of his dream, he is willing to risk everything, but circumstances steer his life in a different direction.
Kings of Rap
The family has to celebrate the New Year at the new place for the first time. Despite all the efforts, there is no holiday spirit and everything goes wrong. Almost everything.
New Year with Family
If you are young and beautiful, if you draw men affection and women jealousy, if you are being courted by two most handsome guys in your college, it is easy to accept an illusion that this world was created just for you. But sooner or later you'd need to make a choice. What is more important - flamboyant gestures or quiet devotion? Strength or care? insistence or ability to forgive?
You Will Be Mine
A locust gang led by the ruthless Boss is waging the lawn of an old house in search of treasure. The Boss has only one half of the treasure map, the second is found by a petty swindler - the grasshopper Skok. Skok decides to negotiate cooperation with the Boss, but in the end he loses his part of the map. A Chatterbox caterpillar joins Skok and follows him relentlessly. Trying to get rid of her in every possible way, Skok gets into bigger trouble, as a result of which a praying mantis, nicknamed Mozgoed, also falls on his head. The trinity, pursued by a band of locusts, will face dangerous treasure-seeking adventures.
Hopping in Search of Treasures
Forty years old is a perfect age to change ones life. The hero makes a decision to quit the psychotherapist's cabinet, which he is sick and tired of and become a poet. To become a freelance artist. A trifle remained to cope with to persuade the wife.
Business as Usual
A little orphan boy, an immigrant from eastern Ukraine, finds himself in an orphanage after the death of his parents and faces the cruelty of other children. He really wants to go to church on Shrove Sunday and apologize for his hatred.
The Shrove Sunday
A sincere and loving young man tirelessly cares for his family, ensuring their lives are full of harmony and beauty every day. Devoid of domestic problems, his loved ones, on the contrary are burdened with laziness, anger and despair. So he decides to show his love for them in a different way, to go to the front as a volunteer, hoping that this will encourage them to rethink their values. However, he faces fierce resistance, which exposes the core question: are they worthy of his love?
Slightly Open Doors
A Ukrainian LGBTQ+ acceptance group is formed by teacher Nadia. A stereotypically homophobic family hesitantly decides to sign up to receive tempting financial supplements. They will need to spend 24 hours with group members Vasyl, beer fan Zenyk, actress Diana and aggressive Denys. Through amusing games, they will learn about homophobia, equality, empathy, gender discrimination, and self-fulfillment. They play games promoting equality and empathy, using humor against prejudice.
Lessons of Tolerance
At a bus stop, provincial taxi driver Yura meets young beauty Svieta, and is hired to drive both her and her mother to Pryputni - a small Ukrainian village in the middle of nowhere. Seduced by a promised payment and Svieta's short skirt, Yura doesn't have a clue, that his visit to Pryputni is going to last a little longer than he expects.
The Strayed
Ten figures walk around in a circle. All they have is a number. The “Great Zero” monitors them. Based on a dystopian parable by Oleg Sentsov, this film was created between Kyiv and the Siberian penal colony where Sentsov spent five years as a political prisoner.
Numbers
Liuba and Andrii, two war veterans bearing both physical wounds and the invisible scars of PTSD, find solace in each other as they navigate the long road to recovery. Their bond offers a fragile hope for healing, but as they confront the lasting impact of trauma and the challenge of rebuilding their lives, their connection is tested in a quiet, deeply human struggle for love, strength, and renewal.
The Fatigued
Polina is a glamorous businessman’s daughter accustomed to a carefree life. After her father’s betrayal, she ends up on probation at an advertising agency. There, over the course of a month, she competes for a position with Roman — an ambitious and principled colleague who sees the world very differently. Their professional rivalry gradually transforms into conflicts, unexpected closeness, and situations where it becomes difficult to separate work tasks from personal feelings.
Trial Period
Television & Series (7)
When the Russo-Ukrainian War reaches their doorstep, the beliefs and conflicts of the Naydiuk family drive them further away from each other, both metaphorically and physically.
Partially Effective
A unique drama anthology series for our time, inspired by true events which happened in Kyiv in the first few weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As the brutal war got underway, every second person left Kyiv. Yet every second person remained. These are their stories – variously moving, funny, sad, stark, unsettling, and uplifting.
