Interview with Mariana Zaklinska, Film Commissioner for the Ivano-Frankivsk Film Commission

An October 2017 interview with Dr. Mykola Bevz, chairman of the Department of Restoration of Architectural and Artistic Heritage at the Lviv Polytechnic National University in Lviv, Ukraine. He discusses efforts to preserve Ukrainian wooden churches in Ukraine and Poland. The discussion includes mention of the UNESCO World Heritage List, which includes 16 tserkvas in the Carpathian region. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1424 Please contact Mike Buryk at michael.buryk@verizon.net for additional information. Copyright (c) 2018 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved

1 Helmi 201814min

The microbrewery Pravda Beer Theatre (http://www.pravda.beer/en/) was established by Yuri Zastavny in Lviv, Ukraine, in December 2014. It is now owned by the Fest company (http://www.fest.lviv.ua/en/) whose partners are Andriy Khudo, Yurko Nazaruk and Dmytro Gerasimov. The holding company is well known for its innovative local ventures including restaurants, food convenience stores, a bakery, a publishing house and public events among others. Yuri Zastavny talks about how the craft brewery was started, its award-winning beers and his plans for the future. Please contact Mike Buryk at michael.buryk@verizon.net for any additional information. Copyright (c) 2017-2018 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved

14 Tammi 201820min

Nash Holos (Our Voice) is a Ukrainian-Canadian radio program broadcast twice weekly in English with a Ukrainian-language segment on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It also airs in international syndication to over 20 countries. Its host and producer is Paulette (Pawlina) MacQuarrie. In this interview she talks about the how the program started, some of its special segments and offers her insight on the Ukrainian-Canadian community. You can find the program online at: https://www.nashholos.com/ . Please contact Mike Buryk at michael.buryk@verizon.net for additional information. Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved

14 Joulu 201721min

Mariana Oleskiv, director of the Lviv Tourism Development Center, talks about some of the attractions in this old European city. For more information about travel and tourism in Lviv, go here. http://lviv.travel/en/index Please contact Mike Buryk at michael.buryk@verizon.net for additional information. Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved

13 Marras 201716min

An August 11, 2017 interview with Matej Silecky, director and producer at Kitsune Tale Productions. He is producing a documentary film called, "Baba Babee Skazala" (Grandmother Told Grandmother). It is the story of post-World-War-II Ukrainian emigres to the U.S. who were displaced persons in Europe. www.babababeeskazala.com Please contact Mike Buryk at michael.buryk@verizon.net for any additional information. Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved

16 Loka 201715min

John Pihach, a Canadian of Ukrainian descent, is the author of the well-known Ukrainian genealogy classic, "Ukrainian Genealogy: a Beginner's Guide" (CIUS, 2007). He was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. He received a B. Sc. degree in physics from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver), studied studio fine arts at the Vancouver Community College and spent many years wandering about Asia and Europe, including visiting Ukraine a dozen times. John has done research in the archives in Ukraine, Poland and Vienna and published twelve articles on Galician genealogy. He was the library chairperson for the East European Genealogical Society for a decade and a member since its founding. His new book, "Mudeater: An American Buffalo Hunter and the Surrender of Louis Riel", was published in 2017. Please contact Mike Buryk at michael.buryk@verizon.net for additional information. Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved

26 Syys 201716min

Nick Bilogorskiy is a Silicon Valley Ukrainian tech entrepreneur, cyber security expert and angel investor. He was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, but emigrated to Vancouver, Canada, in 1996. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computing science and philosophy from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and a GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) certification. In 2006, he headed to San Francisco for a cyber security job and has been here ever since. Nick is a founding team member at Cyphort and is responsible for cyber threat operations at the company. He was very active in the local Ukrainian community during the 2013-2014 Ukraine Euromaidan events that resulted in the ouster of the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. In March 2014 He co-founded Nova Ukraine, a non-profit dedicated to humanitarian causes and efforts to help Ukraine become a prosperous and solidly democratic nation. Please contact Mike Buryk at michael.buryk@verizon.net for additional information. Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved

4 Syys 201717min

Ron Kramer's Lemko Ukrainian-American family has deep roots in the Primrose/Minersville, Pa., area. His grandfather Wasyl Kramar arrived in the Anthracite region of eastern Pennsylvania coming from the Lemko region of Austria-Hungary, now southeast Poland, in 1897. Ron talks about his family roots, the local Lemko Ukrainian-American community and Ukrainian Seminary Day. Ukrainian Day is an annual event that began in the Anthracite coal region in 1933 and is now a fund-raiser for the South Anthracite Deanery of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia. It is a major homecoming for Ukrainians with family from the area. It will take place this year on Sunday, July 30th, in Primrose, Pa. Please contact Mike Buryk at michael.buryk@verizon.net for any additional information. Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael J. Buryk. All Rights Reserved

21 Heinä 201718min