23rd Travelling Docudays UA in Chernivtsi Region: Event Digest
23rd Travelling Docudays UA in Chernivtsi Region: Event Digest
What holds society together when it is surrounded by war and uncertainty? In the Chernivtsi Region, the Travelling Docudays UA invites audiences to seek answers through documentary film and conversations about participatory democracy, decolonisation and human rights. The Ukrainian People’s House in Chernivtsi Society has prepared a programme of film screenings, meetings and other events that will help us examine the simple structures that make up our society.
This year, the Travelling Festival will visit Chernivtsi, Hertsa, Hlyboka, Novoselytsia, Storozhynets, Cheresh and Shylivtsi.
Participants can look forward to documentary stories and conversations about life after occupation, cultural resistance, and decolonisation — from urban space to their own ways of thinking.
Find out more in the digest!
3 November, 2:00 p.m.
Screening of A Normal Life as part of the Being Present information campaign
After watching Mykola Nosok’s film about a family’s search for normality after fleeing Russian occupation, we will hold a panel discussion about violations of the rights of people under occupation, maintaining the connection between the occupied territories and Ukraine, and the role of the state, media and society in this process.
Location: Chernivtsi, M. Ivasiuk Chernivtsi Regional Universal Science Library.
4 November, 3:00 p.m.
Discussion on Cultural Heritage during War: Preserve It in Order to Revive It
A conversation about how to preserve works of Ukrainian art and Ukraine’s cultural heritage during war and occupation, and a presentation of the book Polina Raiko: The Invisible, a new study of her life and work. Participants: Ivanna Stefiuk, writer and researcher of Bukovyna’s traditional culture; and Mykola Shkribliak, Director of the Bukovyna Centre for Culture and Art.
Location: Chernivtsi, Bukovyna Centre for Culture and Art.
5 November, 3:00 p.m.
Opening of the Docudays UA In Focus Film Club
We will open a new film club at the Bukovyna Centre for Culture and Art with a screening of this year’s Oscar nominee, Traces, by Ukrainian directors Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk. After the screening, we will discuss the film with Nataliia Batrakova, civic activist and Executive Director of the Synergy Centre for Civic Activity NGO.
Location: Chernivtsi, Bukovyna Centre for Culture and Art.
6 November, 5:00 p.m.
Screening and discussion of Maryna Kronhlevska’s film Witnesses. The Place of Birth.
Moderators: Nataliia Filiak, regional coordinator of the Travelling Docudays UA, and Maryna Shvartsman, a Chernivtsi-based journalist and writer, author of the novel The Christmas Count and the book What Angels Dream About, dedicated to the dreams and lives of Ukrainian children killed as a result of Russian aggression.
Location: Chernivtsi, Hub-82 Veterans’ Space.
10 November, 11:00 a.m.
Screening and discussion of A Normal Life by Ukrainian director Mykola Nosok.
Location: Storozhynets, Storozhynets Public Library.
10 November, 2:00 p.m.
Screening and discussion of Homecoming by directors Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk.
Location: Hlyboka, Hlyboka Public and School Library.
11 November, 1:00 p.m.
Screening and discussion of Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and the Day After Tomorrow by director Anastasiia Bonadyha.
Location: Novoselytsia, Family Hub.
Admission to all events is free.
Follow updates on the Travelling Docudays UA in Chernivtsi page, and find information about all Travelling Festival events in the Schedule section.
Contact:
Nataliia Filiak, regional coordinator of the Travelling Docudays UA in the Chernivtsi Region for the Ukrainian People’s House in Chernivtsi Society NGO, email: [email protected], tel.: +380959048133.
The 23rd Travelling Docudays UA is held with the financial support of the European Union, the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine and the International Renaissance Foundation. The opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union, the governments or charitable organisations of these countries. Responsibility for the content of this publication lies solely with its authors.
