Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko

Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko is a renowned Ukrainian film director, writer, music producer, and publisher. His feature documentaries and fictional shorts have left a lasting mark on Ukrainian culture. As a prolific musician, his recordings have garnered millions of streams.

His latest poetry collection FAQ Ukraine explores the complex, often fraught relationship between poet and homeland—guiding readers through a labyrinth of history while illuminating an uncertain future.

His debut novel, Nothing Is Under Control, is a fragmented, poetic journey through exile, memory, and identity, unfolding between war-torn Ukraine and the sleepless streets of New York.

a Japanese filmmaker and war journalist Yoshitaka Nitta shot a documentary about Frazé-Frazénko in 2022. "A direct and in-depth Interview exploring the mind and motivation of the leader, visionary, artist, and entrepreneur who is changing our world. A poet living in western Ukraine, created rap songs to call for resistance to Russian invasion. He speaks to the world for people to realize more about what is currently happening in Ukraine."

UA Post TV talks about a Chicago premiere of the feature documentary "An Aquarium in the Sea" by Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko. the film tells the story of the New York Group of Poets, founded in the 1950s. Ukrainian-speaking poets who grew up in the English-speaking world in the mid-twentieth century are trying to preserve their culture and bring it to the world level. the screening was a part of the North American Aquarium premiere tour in 2016 and took place in the Ukrainian Institute of Modern art in Chicago.

The Ukrainian digital broadcasting station, Hromarske TV, produced a documentary on Oleksandr's film "The House on the Seven Winds" in 2016. Frazé-Frazénko persistently delves into his nuanced interpretation of diaspora and its often underestimated significance in a post-Soviet Ukraine. "The House" vividly portrays the conflict of the displaced neighborhood in an almost surreal artistic manner, unfolding through the persona and works of Vasyl Makhno.

a rare opportunity to glimpse behind the scenes of filmmaker Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko's work, this BTS footage was captured in Kyiv in 2019 during the filming of the music video "Machina" for the Canadian-Ukrainian band Balaklava Blues. the music video itself unveils political and social statements in a dream-like, satirical manner. check it out here.