Director · 2016 · Documentary short · Ukrainian / Russian

Ukrainian Wrestling Reality

Name: Ukrainian Wrestling Reality
Director: Oleksandr (Sasha) Poberailo
Genre: Documentary, Sport, Short, Ukrainian cinema
Released: 2016

Logline

Confrontation, show, adrenaline — modern gladiators on a Ukrainian ring: what place does pro wrestling hold here?

Synopsis

Ukrainian Wrestling Reality is a 2016 documentary short on professional wrestling in Ukraine. Release copy frames the ring as spectacle built from confrontation, strength, rage, pain, and adrenaline — “gladiatorial” fights that start in antiquity and continue as a global show every night. The film asks a local question: what place does wrestling occupy in contemporary Ukrainian culture? Multi-hyphenate production by Sasha Poberailo (director / writer / producer / camera / editor). Same dense 2016 year as Play Alone and Sweetness. Related event footage: Arm-wrestling Kharkov Competition (Record club, 30 Apr 2016, with Alexander Maslov). Public stream historically on Dailymotion (x4jjyun). IMDb tt7728860.

Синопсис (UA)

Документальна короткометражка 2016 про реслінг в Україні: протистояння, сила, лють, біль, азарт, адреналін — сучасні «гладіатори» на арені. Яке місце реслінгу в сучасній Україні? Режисер, сценарій, продюсування, зйомка й монтаж — Саша Поберайло. Рік разом із «Гра наодинці» та «Духмяність». Публічний стрім історично на Dailymotion.

Facts

Year: 2016
Format: Documentary short
Genres: DocumentarySportShortUkrainian cinema
Language: Ukrainian, Russian
Location: Ukraine; Kharkiv
Director: Sasha Poberailo
IMDb: tt7728860

Production

Doc short; Dailymotion x4jjyun. Companion sports capture: arm-wrestling at sport club Record (Kharkiv), 2016-04-30. Cloudflare re-host planned for stable embed.

Themes

Ring as modern arena
The film treats pro wrestling as contemporary gladiatorial show — pain and performance sold as night entertainment, not only “fake” vs “real.”
Local culture question
Global form, Ukrainian place: the short is less a how-to of holds than a look at whether the culture has room for this spectacle.
Bodies under lights
Strength, rage, and adrenaline are listed as materials of the form — documentary attention to physical theatre more than league politics.

Characters

Wrestlers / athletes (ensemble)Documentary subjects
Performers and competitors on and around the ring — the modern “gladiators” the release text names. Individual spoken names vary by event footage.

Scene map

Ring / arena
Spectacle space: lights, ropes, crowd energy, choreographed violence.
Bodies in contest
Close physical work — holds, falls, pain and showmanship.
Ukraine context
The local scene as answer to “what place here?” rather than US cable myth only.

Watch

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Credits

Director: Sasha Poberailo
Writer: Sasha Poberailo
Producer: Sasha Poberailo
Cinematography: Sasha Poberailo
Editor: Sasha Poberailo