Ternopil region, Prykarpattia, Kharkiv, and Khmilnyk: The event digest for the Travelling Docudays UA
Ternopil region, Prykarpattia, Kharkiv, and Khmilnyk: The event digest for the Travelling Docudays UA
The 20th-anniversary Travelling Docudays UA continues its journey across Ukraine, promising a flurry of screenings and discussions that our regional selection will shed light on.
A still from Young Plato
Travelling in Ternopil region:
November 27–28, Zalishchyky and Husiatyn. In these locations, the audience will have the opportunity to watch festival films in schools, including:
Seeds of Hunger: Ukraine 1933 (dir. Guillaume Ribot), marking the National Holodomor Remembrance Day and commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Stalinist Holodomor of 1933.
Guests from Kharkiv (dir. Halyna Lavrinets), Second Wind (dir. Maksym Lukashov), Waking Up in Silence (dir. Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi), Our Robo Family (dir. Anastasia Tykha), and 89 Days (dir. Pavlo Dorohoi).
Heading into discussions, we’ll delve into the Seven Principles of the Lugano Declaration and explore the life of Sydor Holubovych, a notable politician and human rights activist hailing from Ternopil.
December 1, Chortkiv: Screening of Unconquered Kherson (dir. Ustyn Danchuk, Vhoru Media Platform), followed by a discussion with the film’s protagonists.
December 2, Chortkiv: Screening of Ramboy (dir. Matthias Joulaud) and a discussion commemorating the 200th anniversary of Ivan Hushalevych’s birth. Hushalevych, a public figure and poet, authored the lyrics to the first anthem of Galician Rusyns (1848) and hailed from the region.
December 3: Online screening of Apolonia, Apolonia (dir. Lea Glob) and a discussion with the artists.
A still from Apolonia, Apolonia
December 3, Ternopil: Screening of In Ukraine (dir. Tomasz Wolski, Piotr Pawlus) and a discussion with the director Piotr Pawlus.
December 4, Chortkiv: Screening of In Ukraine (dir. Tomasz Wolski, Piotr Pawlus) and a discussion with the director Piotr Pawlus.
December 5, Chortkiv: Screening of Gorgona (dir. Antonio Tibaldi) and a discussion with a celebration marking the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly.
December 6, Ternopil: Screening of Our Robo Family (dir. Anastasia Tykha) and Young Plato (dir. Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath), with a presentation of the Seven Principles of the Lugano Declaration.
December 7, Ternopil: Screening of King Lear: How We Looked for Love During the War (dir. Dmytro Hreshko) and a presentation of the project Bukovyna-Halych Literary Path by Helga von Löwenich and Professor Petro Rykhlo.
December 8: Online screening of A Bunch of Amateurs (dir. Kim Hopkins) followed by a discussion.
December 9, Chortkiv: Screening of Three Women (dir. Maksym Melnyk) followed by a discussion.
December 10: Online screening of The Killing of a Journalist (dir. Matt Sarnecki) followed by a discussion. Also, a discussion focusing on Freedom of speech and belief in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
December 11, Zbarazh: The closing event features Three Women (dir. Maksym Melnyk) followed by a discussion. The discussion will centre around the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sydor (Izydor) Holubovych, a lawyer, prominent public and political figure, and the head of the Government of the Ukrainian People’s Republic (1918–1919).
Travelling in Prykarpattia:
November 29, Ivano-Frankivsk: Screening of Unconquered Kherson (dir. Ustyn Danchuk, Vhoru Media Platform) followed by a discussion.
December 1, Svarychiv: Screening of Ramboy (dir. Matthias Joulaud) followed by a discussion.
December 1, Ivano-Frankivsk: Screening of Three Women (dir. Maksym Melnyk) followed by a discussion with the author’s online participation.
December 2, Ivano-Frankivsk: Screening of In Ukraine (dir. Tomasz Wolski, Piotr Pawlus) followed by a discussion with the director Piotr Pawlus.
December 4, Ivano-Frankivsk: Screening of Guests from Kharkiv (dir. Halyna Lavrinets) followed by a discussion. December 7, Ivano-Frankivsk: Human rights discussion Future peace and security: What will the world look like without ‘russia’? with Pavlo Klimkin and Serhii Borys.
December 7, Rohatyn: Screening of Three Women (dir. Maksym Melnyk) followed by a discussion.
December 8, Kalush: Screening of Seeds of Hunger: Ukraine 1933 (dir. Guillaume Ribot) followed by a discussion.
December 9, Vorokhta: Screening of Ramboy (dir. Matthias Joulaud) followed by a discussion.
December 11, Kosiv: Screening of King Lear: How We Looked for Love During the War (dir. Dmytro Hreshko) followed by a discussion.
December 13, Sadzhava village: Screening of Young Plato (dir. Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath) followed by a discussion.
December 14, Dolyna: Screening of Young Plato (dir. Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath) followed by a discussion.
December 18, Kolomyia: Screening of Waking Up in Silence (dir. Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi) followed by a discussion.
December 20, Burshtyn: Screening of Second Wind (dir. Maksym Lukashov) followed by a discussion.
December 21, Nadvirna: Screening of Waking Up in Silence (dir. Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi) followed by a discussion.
December 23, Ivano-Frankivsk: Screening of Three Women (dir. Maksym Melnyk) followed by a discussion.
Travelling in Kharkiv:
A still from 89 Days
December 3, Day of Inclusion: Screening of Oasis (dir. Justine Martin) followed by a discussion.
December 4: Screening of The Killing of a Journalist (dir. Matt Sarnecki) with a discussion involving the journalistic community.
December 6: Screening of 89 Days (dir. Pavlo Dorohoi) followed by a discussion.
December 8: Screening of Unconquered Kherson (dir. Ustyn Danchuk, Vhoru Media Platform) with a discussion involving the film’s protagonists and creators.
December 9: Screening of Apolonia, Apolonia (dir. Lea Glob), an online meeting with the director, and a discussion.
December 10: Screening of Seeds of Hunger: Ukraine 1933 (dir. Guillaume Ribot) followed by a discussion and a lecture about the Holodomor and the Genocide Convention.
Travelling in Vinnytsia region (Khmilnyk):
December 11: Screening of Unconquered Kherson (dir. Ustyn Danchuk, Vhoru Media Platform) with a discussion, and a meeting with the film’s protagonists and creators.
December 12: Screening of In Ukraine (dir. Tomasz Wolski, Piotr Pawlus) followed by a discussion.
December 13: Screening of 89 Days (dir. Pavlo Dorohoi) followed by a discussion.
December 14: Screening of Guests from Kharkiv (dir. Halyna Lavrinets) followed by a discussion.
December 15: Screening of Under the Wing of a Night (dir. Lesia Diak) followed by a discussion
December 16: Screening of The Killing of a Journalist (dir. Matt Sarnecki) followed by a discussion.
December 17: Human Rights 101 training and screening of Waking Up in Silence (dir. Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi) followed by a discussion.
For specific event details, including time and location, please visit the respective regional pages:
See you there!
The 20th Travelling Docudays UA is supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine, the Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine, and the US Embassy in Ukraine. The opinions, conclusions, or recommendations do not necessarily reflect the views of the governments, charities, or companies of these countries. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of its authors.
