Volodymyr Voytenko is a film expert and the editor-in-chief of Kino-Kolo — a magazine that, as early as the mid-1990s, was advocating for Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian cinema. He introduced people to what Ukrainians were creating in film — for themselves and for one another. After all, a national cinema is the business card of a society, Volodymyr believes. Today, Kino-Kolo is not just a magazine and a website — it is also the name of a prestigious film critics’ award.

How the history of Kino-Kolo began; under what conditions the magazine exists during wartime; and how russia’s aggression is not only military but also cultural — these are the topics Volodymyr Voytenko speaks about.