Additional screening: 16 September / 20:00 / KINO 42
The Ukrainian Competition brings together a vibrant mix of short films that really tap into the weirdness of our times. These filmmakers are capturing and portraying a world full of contradictions, where everything feels sharper, and the desire to live fully is stronger than ever. It’s a showcase of eagerness and resilience, offering fresh takes on what it means to navigate through such a surreal moment in history.
HELLO, I'M ON THE HILL
Director: Liza Pyrozhkova
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 14
In the destroyed city of Izium, Kharkiv region, Mount Kremyanets becomes an “island of communication” where people find mobile connection with their families after months of Russian occupation.
Where Russia Ends
Director: Oleksiy Radynski
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 25
In the late 1980ies, a team of Ukrainian filmmakers from the Science Film Studio in Kyiv made a series of film expeditions to remote parts of Siberia. Their forgotten film reels had been rediscovered in Kyiv in 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This was the starting point for a film essay that interrogates Russian imperialism, environmental destruction, and the ongoing oppression of indigenous peoples in Russia’s colonies.
" * "
Director: Mariia Vydrenko
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 5
“ * “ piece is created from the perspective of the one directly affected by the events, with experience from within and oriented mostly on the viewer who exists outside of the epicentre of events.
TOO CLOSE
Director: Eugene Slupchuk
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 12
Two friends return from a party and stay at the home of one of them. It would seem like an ordinary cozy evening but suddenly the heroes are caught in an air raid.
I DIED IN IRPIN
Director: Anastasiia Falileieva
Country: Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Duration: 11
24 February 2022 my boyfriend and I fled from Kyiv to Irpin. We spent 10 days in blockaded city and managed to escape with the last evacuation convoy. Time passed, but the feeling that I died in Irpin never left me since then. The film reconstructs this true story of survival through a personal and subjective lens.
Happy End Day
Director: Anastasia Mykhalchuk
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 13
А family is preparing for a holiday. The holiday is the end of the world. They have no evidence, only faith. The only one who doesn't is grandfather. His only wish is to be with his family and watch their future happening. As they all wait their fears come out as the keys to what is within. Eventually, shall the quiet end come? Will there be tomorrow?