Inspiration

Filtering by: Inspiration
Verona Film Maker Selected For NJ Film Festival
Aug
1
1:00 PM13:00
Always Golden, Film Festivals, Inspiration, Interviews, Oral History, Premiere

Verona Film Maker Selected For NJ Film Festival

““Baba Babee Skazala” [“Grandmother Told Grandmother”], a documentary film by Verona resident, and first-time filmmaker, Matej Silecky, will have its world premiere at the Fall 2018 New Jersey Film Festival on Sunday, October 7 at 7 p.m.”

~from MyVeronaNJ

View Event →
Bring On the Story Consultant!
Feb
6
10:30 AM10:30
Post-Production, Always Golden, Inspiration, Oral History

Bring On the Story Consultant!

Our team continues to film interviews for the archives at the Ukrainian Museum Archives, Cleveland, Ohio. However, we know that sharing these experiences with a broader audience will be better achieved through film and digital media projects. After searching, we jumped in to working with Karen Everett of New Doc Editing. Karen was an instructor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, which has a well-regarded documentary program, so it was a natural fit for our Director, Matej Silecky. Karen's fresh perspective and spot-on scheduling is a great asset to Baba Babee Skazala!

View Event →
A Busy Week in Cleveland, Ohio
Aug
29
to Sep 3
Inspiration, Oral History

A Busy Week in Cleveland, Ohio

Matej Silecky & Evan Yee  continued on to Cleveland, Ohio and the surrounding areas, including Parma, Ohio - the Ukrainian Village. Our time in the Cleveland area was jam-packed with interviews, location filming, visits with old friends and a fabulous opportunity to review materials at the Ukrainian Museum-Archives and interview their resident scholar, Andrew Fedynsky. We are very grateful for the support & assistance being provided by the Ukrainian Museum-Archives, and definitely recommend you visit it if you are in the area. You won't be disappointed! Many thanks also to Matej's Babcia for helping with local logistics.

After this hectic week & summer of travel, Evan returned to LA & Matej returned to NJ for the first time in months. It is time to organize our footage & plan filming for the next group of interviews.

View Event →
Return to Denver
Aug
24
to Aug 28
Oral History, Inspiration, Always Golden

Return to Denver

  • Wheat Ridge, CO USA (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Matej Silecky & Evan Yee returned to Denver, to reunite with interviewees & supporters there. The goal: to learn about collecting mushrooms first hand, while it was in season - an activity learned in Ukraine, continued in Germany & in the United States. While we were working, this activity made for a fun couple of days & we learned so much! Thank yous go out to the Figlus family for making this an awesome adventure! 

View Event →
Filming in Los Angeles, CA
Aug
16
to Aug 22
Oral History, Always Golden, Inspiration

Filming in Los Angeles, CA

  • Los Angeles, CA USA (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

I traveled from Berkeley, CA to Los Angeles, CA, where Evan Yee & I worked with some great friends to film interviews & events at the Ukrainian Culture Center in Los Angeles. A Huge thank you to the Chaikovskys for their support & assistance in all the arrangements for this trip. Without them, it would not have been the success it was!

View Event →

"Baba Babee Skazala"  is a fiscally sponsored project of the International Documentary Association (IDA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization.

"Baba Babee Skazala"  is honored to be a recipient of a Grant from the Ella Lyman Cabot Trust.

"Baba Babee Skazala"  is made possible in part by a grant from the Ukrainian Community Foundation of Philadelphia, a charitable foundation established by the Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union.

Kitsune Tale Productions LLC is honored to collaborate with the Ukrainian Museum-Archives to establish an archival repository for interviews completed as part of "Baba Babee Skazala" .