Valerii Shalyha

Film director, actor, screenwriter, producer. Honored Artist of Ukraine, Member of the Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, Member of the Expert Commission at State Cinema. He was born on June 23, 1963, in the village of Velyki Korovyntsi, Chudniv district, Zhytomyr region. In 1985, he graduated from the theater studio at the Kyiv Academic Theater, named after I. Franko. In 1993, he made his debut as a film director at the O.P. Dovzhenka film studio (A.Y. Voytetskyi's workshop). In 1999, he graduated from the Kyiv Theater Institute named after I. Karpenko-Kary.

Works

All Shades of Temptation

In Lemberg (Lviv) in 1897, Amelia Kryzhevska-Zeg returns to the family estate where she grew up after her honeymoon. She is full of hope for the future and dreams of opening her own pharmacy. But gradually, her childhood home turns into a treacherous trap, and Amelia's plans become unfulfillable desires.

Release Date2026-02-05

Charactersd Guest at the Reception

Vote Count7

Silent Nava

In the small town of Tyha Nava, a young lawyer, Adam Yushkevych, unexpectedly finds himself at the center of an investigation into a series of brutal crimes. Adam faces off against a corrupt system where law enforcement falsifies evidence, witnesses remain silent, and victims try to bury their trauma instead of fighting for justice.

Release Date2026-01-15

Charactersd Park Guard

Episode Count8

Vote Count12

Garden of Gethsemane

A miniseries about the terrible years of repression in Ukraine in the 1930s. Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Bahrianyi.

Release Date1993-01-01

Charactersd Serhii Chumak

Episode Count4

Echoes

The story of the events of 1941, the beginning of the occupation of Vinnytsia, when the mass extermination of Jews began.

Release Date2020-11-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

1942

Release Date2011-05-03

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Vote Count1

1943

A series about the events of 1943, when, after the devastating events near Stalingrad, German troops are preparing for revenge. A Soviet landing group was thrown into the territory occupied by German troops. The combat mission of the deceased reconnaissance group was to reconnoiter the plans of the impending German counteroffensive, which was supposed to come either from Belarus or from the Kursk direction.

Release Date2013-05-10

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

1941

Release Date2009-05-04

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JobCreator

Vote Count1

Off I'll Go!

To support her husband, son and mother, the heroine moves abroad to work odd jobs. Whenever she returns home, she promises herself not leave anymore. But every time she doesn’t keep her word. Because every family member already has a certain habit: her mother likes to watch TV, her son wants to have stylish clothes and a phone, her husband likes to drink with friends in a garage. None of them is working. She hesitates when gets called about a new job. But watching her family makes the heroine realize: she has no other choice, except for going abroad again.

Release Date2011-04-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Ukraine, Goodbye!

Ukraine, goodbye! - Ukrainian film Almanac — a collection of short films about the acute social problem of Ukraine-emigration abroad. The collection includes 25 short films in Ukrainian or Russian.

Release Date2011-12-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Three Lamentations over Stepan

A simple, good man dies—collective farm driver Stepan Derevianko. With him, an entire poetic world dies. But the life he left behind, with his wife and young daughter, goes on. Based on the novel of the same name by Hryhorii Tiutiunnyk.

Release Date1993-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Mushrooms

Stepanivna and her friend are two old women. They earn money by selling mushrooms at the farmers market. Women know very good spots, there are always a lot of big and beautiful mushrooms. Their relative is a policeman, he fetches old ladies to the forest by a car every day. If not for this car and his uniform two pensioners would never sell so many mushrooms. The spots they gather mushrooms on are closed for the ordinary citizens, no transport is going there. This is area of Chornobyl Nuclear Plant.

Release Date2012-04-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Lucifer's Case

A wealthy peasant Herasym Kalytka wants to buy his neighbor's land, but he doesn't have enough money. The unknown offers him to buy one hundred thousand fake money for five thousand. Herasym together with the best man Savka buy this money. But instead of money, they are sold blank paper. In desperation, Herasym wants to hang himself, but he is saved. Kalytka's greed almost ended in tragedy, but he continues to dream of land.

Release Date2025-11-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Long Shot

1941. Ukraine. Second World War. Two enemies meet in German captivity: one from the Red Army, and the second from UPA. Both of them think their way is right.

Release Date2005-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Hold Near Your Heart

2014. Former military Serhii Vitruk cannot find peace of mind. Work is not fun, and there is no understanding with his wife. His only joy is his daughter Zoryanka. And then there are events in the east - ATO. The death of a colleague becomes the last straw. Serhii decides to voluntarily return to the army. His unit enters the environment. And that's where the unexpected meeting happens. What is war or peace now? How to live when somewhere near people are killed protecting your peace?

Release Date2017-10-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2