The Living Fire (Zhyva Vatra) _ teaser

Teaser of documentary by Ostap Kostyuk - The Living Fire - Ukraine, 2014, 77’ A four-year-long project documenting three generations of Ukrainian Carpathian shepherds in their struggle to keep the age-old trade alive in the face of contemporary changes. The film follows three men of different generations living in the Ukrainian Carpathians: Ivan is an 82-year-old retired shepherd who lives a lonely life, having recently buried his wife. At the same time, nine-year-old Ivanko is just beginning his life a