Anton Shtuka

Documentary photographer and film director.
Currently in Ukraine.

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THE LAST PROMETHEUS OF DONBAS (trailer)

minutes
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fall 2025

This is a story about heroic people who risk their lives to bring light to Ukrainians, like a Prometheus. This is a story about the last operating power plant in the East of Ukraine, on the free part of Donetsk region. The plant is located 10 km from the frontline, and as a result, it is heavily and constantly shelled by russian forces. There is a very simple pattern: as soon as the plant starts operating and smoke appears, russia immediately begins shelling the facility. Despite this, brave energy workers continue to operate until the very end, but russia still destroys vital elements of the plant. Eventually, the plant stops. A forced evacuation of people and equipment begins. Strangely enough, history remembers such times before: it was 1941, and the plant was forcibly evacuated, but back then the evacuation was to the east, away from nazi Germany. Now, the evacuation is in the opposite direction, away from imperial invaders from Russia.

Director – Anton Shtuka

Cinematographers – Anton Shtuka, Vlad Barbashov, Andrii Ovod, Ihor Ivanko