Krzysztof Zanussi (born in 1939) is an outstanding Polish director, screenwriter and writer, winner of many film festivals, winner of numerous prizes, including the. Parajanov “For contribution to world cinema” at the Yerevan International Film Festival (2005). The publishing house “Folio” published the books by K. Zanussi “The Hour of Dying” (2013), “Strategies of Life, or How to Lose Your Life and Far from Your Mother” (2015), “Strategy of the Twin” (2016). “Imperative. Conversations in Lyaski" is not only the memoirs of an outstanding director about his life and work, about the people he met, about the most important events he witnessed. These are philosophical reflections on the fate of Europe and the world, on the complex relationship between freedom and morality, religion and progress, on European Christian civilization and culture and on the inextricable connection with them of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.