Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Anton Shtuka has actively collaborated with international media as a photo/video journalist and producer. Over the past 2.5 years, Anton has filmed and released two of his own documentary films (the third is in production) and numerous short documentary projects. Anton became passionate about journalism and documentary filmmaking, and his mission became to convey the truth about the war in Ukraine to the world.
In 2022, fresh experience documenting war stories and extensive experience in cinematography prompted Anton to create his first documentary film, "The Year That Never Ended," co-produced by Australian journalist Charles McPhedran and published on The Guardian on the first anniversary of the war. His second documentary film, "Warning! Life Goes On," was selected for the national competition at the Odesa International Film Festival in 2024. Shtuka is also the producer of a feature-length documentary by American director Amanda Bailly about a writer from the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region who was tortured by Russian invaders. Currently, in post-production, is Anton's feature-length documentary about the last functioning power plant in Donbas, tentatively titled "The Last Prometheus of Donbas." Shtuka also works as a freelance video and photo journalist for the Associated Press, publishing stories from across Ukraine for a global audience. Additionally, Anton collaborates with other international media outlets as a photojournalist (AFP, REUTERS, Paris Match, Radio Liberty, BBC). Most of Anton's photo projects are captured on 35mm film.
Shtuka is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers. Anton graduated from the Ukrainian Film School with a degree in Film Directing. Before the full-scale invasion, Anton was mainly a director of short projects in genres such as music videos (Alyona Alyona, KALUSH, KAZKA, DOROFEEVA), commercial advertisements (SPRITE, PEPSI, DTEK) and social advertisements (UNICEF).
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