Ukraine’s Kateryna Vyshnevska Picks Up Honorary TV Beats Producer Award, Talks Upcoming ‘Moloch,’ ‘A Girl From Tallinn’
variety.comMarta Balaga Ukraine’s Kateryna Vyshnevska is set to receive the very first Honorary TV Beats Producer Award at Tallinn. But she’s not planning to slow down anytime soon, teasing upcoming shows “Moloch” and “A Girl from Tallinn.” Set in the contemporary world of high politics and secret service intrigue in Central Europe, “Moloch” is produced by Bionaut (Czech Republic), Raketa (Slovakia) and Ukraine’s Film.UA.
A political thriller “inspired by the realpolitik of today,” it opens with an attempted assassination of Czech president, echoing recent attacks on Trump and Slovak PM Robert Fico, she says. “It’s an alternative universe, similar to that of ‘Tehran’ on Apple TV+.
Moloch was this ancient, all-devouring god and it’s a metaphor for politics, which grinds through everything, requiring victims and sacrifices.
We filmed in Ukraine, which was amazing. Putin is crazy, so you never know if he won’t be suddenly dropping missiles on Kyiv.
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