Spotlight on Festivals in the Ukraine today!

  • de Valck, M. (Organiser)
  • Skadi Loist (Organiser)
  • Viktoria Leshchenko (Participant)
  • Yevgeniya Kriegsheim (Participant)
  • Anna Machukh (Participant)
  • Bohdan Zhuk (Participant)
  • Olha Raiter (Participant)
  • Anastasia Puhach (Organiser)

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference › Professional

Description

Online talk with festival organizers from Ukraine

Wednesday April 6, 2022 19:00–20:30 CET; talk in English

More than a month ago, Russian troops invaded Ukraine. How is the war affecting the film festivals in Ukraine? What impact do the continuing hostilities have on everyday practices for film festivals and for local film and media professionals? This panel discussion brings together Ukrainian festival organizers of all regions in Ukraine to share their accounts of unfolding events and give insights into the current situation at home or in exile. What are responses to the uncertainty of when and how their festivals might be able to resume their work? What can and should be done at other festivals to help?

Speakers
Viktoria Leshchenko, Program Director of Docudays UA Film Festival
Yevgeniya Kriegsheim, Head of Kharkiv MeetDocs Film Festival
Anna Machukh, Executive Director of Odesa International Film Festival
Bohdan Zhuk, Programmer at the International Film Festival Molodist / Sunny Bunny
Olha Raiter, Artistic Director and Co-founder of Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art
Moderation: Skadi Loist, Film University Babelsberg & Marijke de Valck, Utrecht University

Organized with Anastasia Puhach
Period6 Apr 2022
Event typeOther
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Ukrainian war
  • film festivals
  • cultural boycott
  • Cultural Diplomacy