Malashchuk Yarema & Himey Roman

Biography

Roman Himey (born Kolomyia, Ukraine) and Yarema Malashchuk (born Kolomyia, Ukraine) both based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Graduated as a cinematographers from Institute of Screen Arts (Kyiv, Ukraine). Since 2013 working together on the edge of visual art and cinema as artists and filmmakers. Awarded with Grand Prix at Young Ukrainian Artists Award (MUHi 2019), Best Short Documentary at Festival Internacional de Cine Silente 2019, México, Collaborated as cinematographers with Metahaven ("Hometown", 2018) and Phillip Sotnychenko ("Son", 2015; “Technical Break” 2018). Yarema and Roman received Special Prize in 2018, in 2020 — Main Award at PinchukArtCentre Prize. Their debut documentary feature “New Jerusalem” premiered at Docudays UA International Film Festival 2020. The film received Special Mention Award at Kharkiv MeetDocs 2020. Shortlisted to Future Generation Art Prize 2021.

Exhibitions

Prizes and Awards:

2020

Special Mention Award, Kharkiv MeetDocs, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Main Prize, PinchukArtCentre Prize 2020, Kyiv, Ukraine

2019

Grand Prix, MUHi. Young Ukrainian Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine

The winner of the Adriana and Dolores Ehlers Recognition for the best documentary short film at Festival Internacional de Cine Silente, Puebla City, México

2018

Second Special Prize, PinchukArtCentre Prize, Kyiv, Ukraine

Best Production Award, FFFK, Ukraine

2017

Best Short Film at “Black Nights” Tallinn IFF, Estonia (Director of Photography)

 

Selected Exhibitions and Festivals:

2021

Future Generation Art Prize, Kyiv, Ukraine; Venice, Italy (upcoming)

Shcherbenko Art Centre, Solo show, Kyiv, Ukraine

PinchukArtCentre 'Remember Yesterday' Group exhibition by Ukrainian artists, Kyiv, Ukraine

Parallèle International festival of emerging practices | 11th edition, Marseille, France

2020

International Biennale of Urban Art OUT OF STH, 'THREE’S A CROWD', BWA Wrocław, Poland

Molodist IFF, Kyiv, Ukraine

Baltic Triennial 14: Intro | The Maze and The Lighthouse, Vilnius, Lithuania

Kharkiv MeetDocs, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Apricot Short Film Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine

e-flux Video & Film | War and Cinema: Week #6

Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival - Official Selection, Kyiv, Ukraine

PinchukArtCentre, “20 shortlisted artists for the PinchukArtCentre Prize”, Kyiv, Ukraine

An intervention to Nikita Kadan’s “The Beautiful Colonizer” exhibition, TRANSIT Gallery, Mechelen, Belgium

2019

Intro Film Festival (KyivMusicFilm x Cxema), Kyiv, Ukraine

Festival Internacional de Cine Silente - Official Selection, Puebla City, México

OK Center for Contemporary Art "OK Klubinstitut Open" Linz, Austria

Uppsala International Short Film Festival: Ukraine - Stay Real, Uppsala, Sweden

MUHi. Young Ukrainian Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine

Semperdepot, “Between Fire and Fire: Ukrainian Art Now”, Vienna, Austria

POOL – INTERNATIONALES TanzFilmFestival, Berlin, Germany

Macao, Saturnalia Festival, Milan, Italy

Frei_raum Q21 / MQ – MuseumsQuartier “Dance of Urgency”, Vienna, Austria

Burnt Experimental Video Art and Film Festival, Montreal, Canada

Bursa Gallery, “Blue Blue Sky” (Solo show in collaboration with Vova Vorotniov), Kyiv, Ukraine

2018

Molodist IFF, National Short Film Competition - Official Selection, Kyiv, Ukraine

IZOLYATSIA. Platform for cultural initiatives, “What is important”, Kyiv, Ukraine

Brave! Factory Festival: Visual Programme, Kyiv, Ukraine

PinchukArtCentre, “20 shortlisted artists for the PinchukArtCentre Prize”, Kyiv, Ukraine

2017

Bursa Gallery, Kyiv Biennial “Dance, Dance, Dance”, Ukraine

XX?’s Gallery “One Day Project” Kyiv, Ukraine

Art Courtyard, “Venice Afterparty” Kyiv, Ukraine