"BITTER HARVEST" - FIRST MAJOR DRAMATIC FILM ABOUT UKRAINE'S HISTORY

"Bitter Harvest" or "the Devil's Harvest" is first major epic drama movie about the history of Holodomor, a genocide of Ukrainian nation through a man-made famine in Ukraine, initiated by Stalin. 

It is a story about Yuri, an artistic soul born into a family of Ukrainian Cossack warriors, who struggles to win the approval of his grandfather Ivan and father Yaroslav, and to win the heart of Natalka. He finds his life changed forever with the invasion of the Red Army, and the subsequent persecution of his family and fellow countrymen as Stalin’s regime of terror extends across Ukraine and Eastern Europe.


Explaining his interest in the film's plot, its producer Ian Ignatovich said: "Being a son and grandson of Ukrainians, who fled from the communist regime in 40's and I have long puzzled about an informational vacuum about Holodomor in the West. Although the actual number of death is uncertain, even a conservative estimates indicate about 6 million Ukrainians died of famine. All they were an innocent children, women and men, and, in all conscience, I just couldn't leave this period of Ukraine's history in shadows"

The film directed by Ukrainian origin Canadian George Mendeluk, original story and script by Richard Bachynsky Hoover. The film was shot in Ukraine and in Pinewood Studios (UK). Premiere will be held at the American Film Market on Monday, November 9, in AMC movie theater in Santa Monica.

Official trailer for the film: