Ukrainian trip of a Czech documentary filmmaker

Ukrainian trip of a Czech documentary filmmaker

07 November 2015

On November 9-18, the Czech documentary filmmaker Jiří Stejskal will visit Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Sumy, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv within the framework of Travelling Docudays UA festival.


Jiří Stejskal’s documentary My Home won the Audience Award at the 12th Docudays UA. It is a portrait of a Kyiv family that tries to save their house and yard from dense housing development with tower blocks. The director was making his film for five years and has already successfully presented it at international festivals.

In November, the filmmaker Jiří Stejskal will travel across Ukrainian cities and talk to his audience in person.

 

The schedule of screenings involving the director:


November 9, Lviv

The Palace of Arts (Kopernyka Str., 17)

7.00 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker

 

November 10, Ivano-Frankivsk

Urban Space (Hrushetskoho Str., 19)

5.00 p.m. – press conference

6.00 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker

 

November 11, Terebovlia town, Ternopil Region

Terebovlia College of Culture

5.00 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker

 

November 12, Ternopil

Ternopil National Economic University

11.00 a.m. – press conference

12.00 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker

 

November 13, Sumy

Research Library of the Ukrainian Banking Academy

11.30 a.m. – press conference

12.30 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker (TBC)

Makarenko Sumy State Teachers University

4.00 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker

 

November 15, Zaporizhia

Art Prostir (Metalurhiv Ave., 1A)

3.00 p.m. – press conference 

6.00 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker

 

November 16, Dnipropetrovsk

1.00 p.m. – press conference (Dnipro Post) 

5.00 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker (location TBC)

 

November 17, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Region

Myr Culture and Art Centre (Marksa Str., 51)

3.00 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker

 

November 18, Kharkiv

Tsyferblat (Pushkinska Str., 47)

7.00 p.m. – film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker

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