November 17, 19:00, PALACE OF ARTS «UKRAINIAN HOUSE»
Khreshchatyk St, 2
Screening duration: 71 min
Trigger and content warnings: sounds of explosions, gunshots, air raid alert, russian language
The films are screened in original with English subtitles
November 21, 20:45 / KINO 42, Konstantinovskaya St, 11B
THREE WINDOWS ON SOUTH WEST
Mariia Ponomarova
Ukraine / 2023, 8 min
Three windows on the southwest and a balcony on the southeast are what you can see of Mariia’s apartment on the facade. In three conversations, Mariia reflects on her experiences related to the place of her upbringing in Kyiv and attempts to reclaim the image of her home back.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Nataliya Ilchuk
Ukraine / 2022, 30 min
Archival film about frivolous Ukrainian youth set against the backdrop of political precarity in parallel with a search of one’s identity and of true love. The occasional freeze frames that occur in this uncensored footage hint at a desire to stop the time before the irreversible events will happen.
VOICE MESSAGES FROM BAKHMUT
Ihor Babaiev
Ukraine, Lithuania / 2023, 16 min
Bakhmut, Donetsk region, 2022. A story about an attempt to restore intimacy at a distance of the war, told via the voice messages of a foreign correspondent in a front-line city.
SPRING
Mykyta Lyskov
Ukraine / 2023, 2 min
Spring was the name of an old Soviet TV set that was produced in Ukraine. This abstract movie is made up of noises that are recorded on this TV.
AS IT WAS
Damian Kocur, Anastasia Solonevych
Ukraine, Poland / 2023, 15 min
Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. One day she decides to go back to Kyiv. On her way, she finds out that her family is not in Kyiv and will arrive only the next day. She meets her friend Kyrylo, with whom she spends the day.