A two-hour documentary about the 18th-century composer — director Taras Tomenko. Premiere 6 February 2026 on Suspilne's First channel.
Suspilne (UA:PBC) presents the documentary 'Italian Genius: Maksym Berezovsky' (120 minutes) in prime-time on 6 February 2026 on Suspilne's First channel. Director — Taras Tomenko, Kinokolo Prize 2023 laureate for the documentary 'Without Script'. The film is the result of 2 years of filming work in three locations: Hlukhiv (Ukraine), Bologna (Italy), the imperial capital (via archive materials — the film crew was not physically there). Film structure: 4 'parts' of 30 minutes each: I. 'Hlukhiv: Childhood' (1745-1758) — family, first musical impressions, move to the imperial capital; II. 'Bologna: Golden Opportunity' (1769-1773) — apprenticeship under Padre Martini, first compositions, breakthrough; III. 'Imperial Capital: Shadows' (1773-1777) — return home, rejection, circumstances of death; IV. 'Rediscovery' (2002-2026) — Bolognese find, restoration, modern fame. The film includes 6 exclusive interviews: with composer Yevhen Stankovych (84 years old at filming time, head of the Composers' Union of Ukraine); musicologist Olena Sydorenko (Shevchenko KNU); Italian researcher Alessandro Meliotti (Bologna University); conductor Andrea Marcon; curator of the Hlukhiv memorial museum; and with a distant Berezovsky descendant — Yuriy Berezovsky (lives in Chernihiv). The film received 92% positive critic reviews and 4.7/5 on IMDb a week after release.
