Since 2008, 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies has organised and hosted an annual film festival featuring the best of Ukrainian cinema from its beginnings to the present day. It has also welcomed contemporary filmmakers, film scholars, preservationists and musicians to engage with diverse audiences and offer fresh perspectives into material old and new.
The Fifteenth Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film
The Fifteenth Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film celebrated the defiant independence of Ukrainian culture and marked 100 years since the establishment of VUFKU 鈥� the All-Ukrainian Photo-Film Administration 鈥� with a series of public events and fundraising screenings in support of humanitarian relief in Ukraine. The headline event was a听walk-through screening of three VUFKU films at 澳门六合彩开奖记录's Museum of Technology.听
The Fourteenth Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film
From 22 November to听6 December 2021, 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies听and the welcomed audiences to the 2021 Ukrainian Film Festival, Freedom on Screen. Showcasing a dynamic and diverse selection of documentary and feature films, the event marked 30 years of Ukraine鈥檚 independent statehood by celebrating a spirit of creative freedom in contemporary Ukrainian cinema.听
The festival programme featured a combination of online and in-person screenings: our digital cinema offered you a curated collection of contemporary Ukrainian films to watch at your leisure anywhere in the UK, while our select in-person screenings and Q&As took place in cinemas and galleries in London and 澳门六合彩开奖记录. In 澳门六合彩开奖记录, we hosted the UK premiere of the film Ivan's Land听at the historic museum Kettle's Yard.听Read up on the life and work of the film's听subject, the folk painter Ivan Prykhodko, in .
The Thirteenth听Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film
As Covid-19 lockdowns took place across the globe, 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies听and the 听joined forces to听host听an online festival of Ukrainian films, showcasing four gripping contemporary Ukrainian films and holding online Q&As with the听directors.
The Twelfth Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film
In 2019 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies collaborated with 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Polish Studies, the听, and the to screen the 2019 film听Mr. Jones,听directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby and Peter Sarsgaard.
The film is based on the life of Gareth Jones, the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 graduate who was the only journalist to stake his name and reputation in reporting on the horrors of the Holodomor, Stalin's genocidal famine of 1932-33.
In 2009 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies organised an exhibition of the 1932-33 diaries of Gareth Jones, which garnered and sought to "share Gareth's story with the world."
The Eleventh Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film
In its eleventh year, the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film featured Invisible Battalion (2017), the first full-length Ukrainian documentary about women at war produced and filmed by women. It听also screened听the beloved Soviet classic comedy Chasing听Two Hares (Za dvoma zaitsamy, 1961)听in its original Ukrainian-language version as well as the captivating 2017 documentary听鈥楽lovo鈥� House (Budynok 鈥楽lovo鈥�, 2017), which told the stories of the听flamboyant generation of artists, writers, and intellectuals in 1920s Ukraine.
In 2017听澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies partnered with the , Avantis听Promotions,听and听the 听to screen听a听selection of new documentaries from Ukraine by Svitlana Shymko and Roman Bondarchuk听as well as Oleksandr Dovzhenko's remastered classic about the revolutionary events of 1917-18, Arsenal. The new 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies booklet听Navigating Arsenal听was also听distributed to audience members during听the presentation听of the film.
In 2016 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies partnered with the ,听迟丑别 听and the makers of the 2014听film听Hollywood on the Dnipro: Dreams from Atlantis.听
Among the films screened were Two Days听(1927; dir. H. Stabovyi) and The Night Coachman听(1928; dir. H. Tasin), two newly restored Soviet Ukrainian thrillers about men caught in the violent maelstrom of revolution and pushed to the brink by all sides. Produced under the auspices of VUFKU, the famous All-Ukrainian Photo-Film Administration, the films are notable for their complex presentation of revolution devoid of triumphalism听and filtered through the experience of the individual.
In 2015 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies partnered with the to bring six powerful new documentaries to local audiences. DocuDays UA was launched in Kyiv in 2003 as a non-profit organisation dedicated to the development of documentary cinema and to the flourishing of democratic civil society in Ukraine.
Many of the films in the Festival programme confronted the tumult of revolution and war in today鈥檚 Ukraine with an uncommon honesty, sensitivity and maturity. They availed听the viewer of the perspectives of the volunteer doctor, the wounded veteran, the soldier preparing to leave home for war. Other films in the programme meditated upon the passing of generations in a Ukraine very far from today鈥檚 headlines: the village and countryside.
In 2014 the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film was headlined by two celebrated new films with critical significance for an understanding of contemporary Ukraine: Sergei Loznitsa's听惭补颈诲补苍听(2014) and Akhtem Seitablaiev's听Khaytarma听(2013).听Maidan听is a stunning cinematic portrait of the 2013-14 public uprising in Kyiv, one the most significant events in the history of twenty-first century Europe.听Khaytarma听depicts Stalin's 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars, an ordeal of mass death and brutal dispossession that claimed the lives of at least thirty percent of the entire Crimean Tatar population.听
In 2013 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies celebrated the films of late director Yuri Illienko, including听White Bird with a Black Mark听(1970), which won the Gold Prize at the Moscow Film Festival, and听Well for the Thirsty听(1965), which was banned in the Soviet Union for over two decades. The festival also featured Maryna Vroda's touching short film,听The Oath听(2007), and Viktoria Melnykova's documentary about Ukraine's legendary choral tradition,听Consonance听(2004).
In 2012 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies partnered with the听听to bring to 澳门六合彩开奖记录 two UK premieres: Mykhailo Illienko's blockbuster听贵颈谤别颁谤辞蝉蝉别谤听(2012) and Ivan Kavaleridze's remastered classic听贬谤测丑辞谤颈颈听厂办辞惫辞谤辞诲补听(1959).听The screening of听Hryhorii Skovoroda, held in celebration of the 125th anniversary of Kavaleridze's birth, was听.
In 2011 the Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film was headlined by short films by Volodymyr Tykhyi, Maryna Vroda, and other young, critically-acclaimed directors charging new artistic, social, and political horizons. These films, screened on Friday, 11 November, were followed by a special Q&A with directors Tykhyi and Vroda, whose 'Cross' won the 2011 Palme d'Or at Cannes. On Saturday, 12 November, we were proud to present the British premiere of 'Three Stories of Galicia', a new documentary about fellowship and family in a region gripped by Hitler and Stalin. The film was also followed by a special Q&A with directors Olha Onyshko and Sarah Farhat.
In 2010 the Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film was headlined by Oleksandr Dovzhenko's silent Soviet spy thriller听The Diplomatic Pouch听(Sumka dypkur'iera, 1927) and his comedy听Love's Berry听(Iahodka kokhannia, 1926). These films, screened on Friday, 5 November at the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Arts Picturehouse, were accompanied by a special live piano performance from Geoff Page. On Saturday, 6 November at the Winstanley Theatre, Trinity College, 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Ukrainian Studies proudly presented the UK premiere of a series of brilliant new short films from Ukraine,听Jerks -- Arabesques听(Mudaky - Arabesky, 2010), in coordination with the听.
Featuring two British premieres as well as a selection of short films, the Second Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film was headlined by Serhii Bukovs'kyi's听The Living听(2008), recipient of the 2009 Grand Prize of Geneva and the 2009 Award for Best Documentary from the Yerevan International Film Festival. Its second night featured the screening of听Light from the East听(2006/2008) -- praised by听痴补谤颈别迟测听as 'an illuminating time capsule' and by听New Yorkmagazine as 'a gripping documentary' -- followed by a special discussion with director Amy Grappell.听
Titled 'At the Crossroads' (Na perekhresti), the First Annual 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Festival of Ukrainian Film introduced audiences to new currents in Ukrainian cinema and explored themes of border-crossing in Ukrainian society. The films screened on its first night -- headlined by Oles' Sanin's听惭补尘补颈听(2003) -- considered the historical crossing of cultural, ethnic, and religious borders within Ukraine, particularly on the Crimean peninsula and the Ukrainian steppe. The films screened on its second night -- headlined by Volodymyr Tykhyi's听Car Washers听(2000) -- considered the contemporary crossing of economic, geographic, and generational borders in post-Soviet Ukraine and beyond.
