Mamay (film)

Mamay
UkrainianМамай
Directed byOles Sanin
Produced byMaksym Asadchyi
Anna Chmil
Aram Gevorkyan
StarringViktoria Spesivtseva
Andriy Bilous
Nazl Sejtablaeva
Serhiy Romaniuk
Oles Sanin
Akhtem Seitablaev
Eldar Akimov
Emil Rasilov
CinematographySerhiy Mykhalchuk
Edited byAndriy Sanin
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUkraine
LanguageUkrainian

Mamay (Ukrainian: Мамай) is a 2003 Ukrainian language film. Based on ancient Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar folklore, this is a Ukrainian version of Romeo and Juliet. A fugitive Cossack falls in love with a stunningly beautiful Tatar woman who saves him from certain death. Their love defies age-old hatred between their respective peoples. The film features cinematography by Serhiy Mykhalchuk and a soundtrack by composer Alla Zahaikevych. It was directed by Oles Sanin. Mamay was Ukraine's 2003 submission for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.