At the 22nd Docudays UA, the film critics' jury will choose their favourite film in the national competition DOCU/UKRAINE. The winner will receive a special diploma from the organisation.
The Union of the Ukrainian Film Critics is a Ukrainian non-profit created in 2018 to associate Ukrainian film critics and encourage & develop cinema culture in Ukraine. The UUFC jury works at many Ukrainian film festivals and gives special filmmaking achievement awards.
The Union of the Ukrainian Film Critics' jury includes Valerii Myrnyi, a Ukrainian film critic at New Voice magazine, a journalist, radio host, producer, and Ukrainian Film Critics Union member,
Yaroslav Pidhora-Hviazdovskyi, a Ukrainian journalist, film critic, and screenwriter, Ihor Kromf, a Ukrainian film critic, a contributor to the media outlets Liroom (focused on new Ukrainian culture) and LB.UA, and host of the Director’s Cut podcast.
MAIN PRIZE
Militantropos / Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozghovyi / Ukraine, Austria, France / 2025 / 111'
For a polyphony of voices that, with elegance, style, and powerful visual metaphors, form a portrait of a people pushed out of their comfort zone — yet refusing to succumb to tragedy, and determined to reclaim what was taken from them.
