Hey, I’m Artem — a filmmaker, creative producer, and former soldier from Ukraine 🇺🇦
Currently drifting through Europe with a camera, some memories, and a heart full of stories.
Try to based in Berlin for now — but my soul’s somewhere between Kyiv rooftops, late-night editing sessions, and spontaneous dancefloors.

Life for me is a weird but beautiful mix of survival and meaning, intimacy and distance, chaos and poetry. I love capturing people in motion, conversations at 3AM, and anything that feels real. I’m LGBTQ+ friendly 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ — fully supportive, always respectful, and deeply value safe, open-hearted spaces for everyone.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Sometimes, I need a place to sleep.
But mostly, I’m here for people.

I’m rebuilding my life in a new city, looking for:
– a roof
– a human connection
– a warm kitchen
– or just a moment of kindness

If you’re open to hosting me — even just for a night or two — I’m endlessly grateful. I’m quiet, respectful, helpful, and always curious.

Interests

• Cinema that feels like a fever dream
• Movement / dance / physical memory
• DIY filmmaking, editing, visual storytelling
• War trauma and art as a response to violence
• Long conversations that dissolve time
• Making rituals out of everyday things
• Cooking with whatever’s left in the fridge and still making it taste poetic
• Finding other people who carry light, even when they’re tired

• music
• electronic music
• visual arts
• filmmaking
• cinema
• love
• cinematography
• movement
• scriptwriting
• shortfilms
• intimacy
• humanconnection
• nomadiclife
• cinemapoetry
• traumaandmemory
• visualstorytelling
• postwaridentity
• archiveaesthetics
• diyspaces
• beatliterature
• melancholypostinternet
• lateconversations

Music, Movies, and Books

Music I love:
Pablo Bozzi, Moderat, FKA twigs, Thom Yorke, Arca, Björk, Fever Ray, Berlin ambient nights, slow techno at sunrise, and the sound of someone you love breathing next to you.

Movies that shaped me:
• Lost in translation
• Jojo Rabbit
• Single Man
• Her
• Perfect Blue
• Skate Kitchen
• The Act of Killing
• Melancholia
• In the Mood for Love
• Atlantique
• Fish Tank
• EO (Jerzy Skolimowski)

Books I Keep Coming Back To:
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller — absurd, hilarious, painfully accurate
• The Stranger by Albert Camus — existential dread in the sun
• Sarajevo for Beginners by Ozren Kebo — war, survival, and irony on every page
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind — the wild truth of New Hollywood
• History of Violence by Édouard Louis — intimate, raw, terrifyingly close
• On the Road by Jack Kerouac — not for the plot, but for the drift
• Howl by Allen Ginsberg — because rage can be lyrical too
• Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong — every line feels like a scar and a kiss
• Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke — yeah, I’m that guy
• My own journals — full of drafts, dreams, field notes, and unreleased monologues

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wrote and directed Fiat Nox! — an experimental short film exploring memory, intimacy, and the traces war leaves on the body. It started as a personal visual diary and became a poetic, cinematic piece selected by multiple international festivals.

Another proud moment: I was a finalist in Film.UA’s Roar — a major Ukrainian series pitching competition — with a project that’s been described as “Ukrainian Euphoria.”
It’s a raw, vivid story about teens growing up in the shadow of war, violence, and emotional collapse — yet still reaching for connection, rebellion, and meaning.

Both projects came from places of urgency, vulnerability, and a hunger to turn pain into something honest.

Teach, Learn, Share

• Direct short films, music videos, experimental stuff (some vids hit 1M+ views)
• Worked with brands like UNICEF, KFC, USAID, McDonald’s — and made it emotional
• Currently filming a deeply personal short about war, memory, love and the body
• I write, shoot, edit, produce — and thrive on meaningful collaboration

I’m somewhere between arthouse and DIY-documentary-vibes. Always looking for stories that move people — even quietly. I'm also trying to learn French 🇫🇷

What I Can Share with Hosts

• I can shoot/edit content for you (photo/video/socials)
• Cook weird but cozy food and coffee 👨‍🍳🥘☕
• Storytelling, brainstorming, cleaning, fixing stuff
• Turn your cat into an indie film protagonist
• Make your dreams sound like a short film pitch 🎞️

Also: always happy to share stories — from film sets, army life, love letters, or things I wish I had filmed.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Germany, Greece, Romania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine