The guest of the new episode of "Vrodilo" is Valeria Sochyvets, a Ukrainian director, screenwriter and producer, co-founder of the NGO "SUK" (Modern Ukrainian Cinema), which popularizes Ukrainian cinema. From her father, the woman received a Cossack surname and a warlike character, and from her maternal relatives - Kartvelian and a little Armenian blood. The hosts of the podcast "Vrodilo" about the lives of Ukrainians of different ethnic origins: Mariam Nayem - a cultural scientist, author of a podcast about decolonization, who has Ukrainian and Afghan roots; Ilya Gladshtein - a film producer, founder of the KINO42 cinema, who has Jewish roots. In the conversation, Valeria talks, in particular, about what periods of life her family had, why she was denied an acting career and how she decided to become a director. And also about coping strategies and positioning one's "otherness" and attitude towards one's name and mother's maiden name. ________________________________ 👉 Support our work with a messenger donation: https://ukrainer.net/donate/ 📗 When you buy our merch and books, 30% of the cost goes to supporting our work: https://store.ukrainer.net/ 🎧 Listen on other platforms: Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/4iYwWWr Spotify: https://bit.ly/4gH26Qw Watch the film "La Palisade": https://sweet.tv/movie/28711-lya-pali... NGO "SUK" (Modern Ukrainian Cinema): https://cuc.com.ua/about Read us in different languages: https://ukrainer.net/links/ Follow us on Instagram: / ukrainer_net Follow our FB: / ukrainernet 👉 Follow us on Social Media: Mariam Nayem: / mariaaamnaiem Ilya Gladshtein: / gladshtein Valeria Sochyvets: / valeri.sochyvets ____________ Timecodes: 00:00:00 — Valeria Sochyvets: about her father's Cossack surname, Georgian mother, and Armenian roots 00:02:55 — A Russian-speaking family in Lviv and Kyiv 00:05:10 — The origin of surnames and namesakes 00:06:40 — Why did Valeria want to change her surname? 00:09:50 — About a traumatic and pleasant experience associated with otherness 00:15:25 — About an insufficiently Georgian name and the search for a Georgian identity 00:16:15 — Why she named her son Leo 00:18:53 — About representation in the film “La Palisade” and creativity 00:21:55 — The feeling of “family” among Ukrainians of different ethnic origins 00:22:50 — How Italians adopted and did not believe their father 00:23:55 — Valeria Sochivets’ Georgian and Armenian traditions 00:27:20 — How she treated insults and harassment 00:28:55 — Why was Valeria Sochivets not allowed to enter the acting profession? 00:31:40 — “Otherness” and its impact on the son 00:34:55 — A look at Georgian and Armenian origins 00:39:07 — Valeria Sochyvets’ Cossack essence 00:40:34 — Matriarchy VS patriarchy as a sign of ethnicity 00:43:45 — Who forced Valeria Sochyvets to Ukrainianize? 00:44:10 — How did her Armenian great-grandmother influence Valeria Sochyvets’ professional abilities? 00:45:55 — On the exoticism and attention of men 00:48:31 — Did you ever want to become “like everyone else”? 00:51:18 — Armenian great-grandmother was stolen by a Georgian from an Azerbaijani wedding 00:53:15 — Wasn’t the love between a Ukrainian father and a Georgian mother an obstacle? 00:57:10 — Feelings of otherness and coping strategies 00:59:45 — About mixed ethnicity