Dvizhon Studios Launches Sex Ed Series 'The First Time' — SkimNews
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- Yuri Dvizhon has launched Dvizhon Studios, a London-based production house, debuting with five-part sex education series 'The First Time' on Eastern European streamer Megogo.
- 'The First Time' centers on a puppet named Niko, created with Talk to the Hand (Mongrels, Yonderland) and voiced by Anna Lev — the official Ukrainian voice of Bart Simpson — who co-hosts with social media star TUMAZAR to ask direct questions a conventional presenter might avoid.
- Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Teren, an amputee who led season 13 of The Bachelor in Ukraine, is among the show's celebrity guests; the series was filmed inside the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, which itself serves as a narrator supplying facts and expert context.
- Dvizhon directed much of the production from London over more than 36 months while the Kyiv team kept shooting through blackouts and repeated Russian missile and drone attacks, calling the contrast of making a connection-themed show during full-scale war 'strange.'
- The Olena Pinchuk Foundation co-developed the series to advance a culture of sexual education and informed conversations around sexuality in Ukraine, with support from British luxury brand Aspinal of London.
- 'The First Time' has been selected for Ukrainian state co-financing for a second season through Tysiachovesna, the country's national cultural support initiative, and will also receive a linear run on Megogo Music with extended podcast editions.
Why it matters: Dvizhon directed from London while his Kyiv crew continued production through blackouts and Russian strikes — a concrete signal that Ukraine's media sector is sustaining full-scale output during war. State co-financing for Season 2 through Tysiachovesna shows institutional backing for socially conscious entertainment, giving the Olena Pinchuk Foundation's sex-ed mission a recurring entertainment platform rather than a one-off campaign.
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