How to Navigate This Year’s Docudays UA Programme?
Pick up your printed festival guide at our venues, partner locations, or information points. The guide was created by film curator, writer, and cultural manager Olga Birzul, alongside designer and artist Lara Yakovenko.
"The printed guide is our modest attempt to carve out a space away from the endless stream of notifications, feeds, and screens. It is meant to help you find your way through the festival’s rich programme, and to remain as a physical keepsake of days filled with cinema, conversations, and encounters. Perhaps one day you will come across it on a shelf or tucked away in a drawer — and it will take you back to those festival impressions. My hope is that this year it will serve not only as a navigator, but also as a spark for new ideas and reflections," shared Olga Birzul.
"For me, creating the guide is a search for harmony between the festival’s visual language and the meaning it carries. There is room for creative freedom in this process, but also firm boundaries dictated by the delicacy of the themes. Alongside that freedom, I treasure the collaboration with people I first met years ago, who have since become genuine friends," shared Lara Yakovenko.
A fragment of the festival map, created thanks to press coordinator Maria Matiashova and the Docudays UA team!
The publication features contributions from authors including Yuliia Kovalenko, Ihor Kromf, Sonya Vseliubska, Nataliia Bushkovska, Kseniia Opria, Valeriia Sheremet, Olga Birzul, and Oleksandra Nabieva.
Translation by Iryna Sheremet and Tetiana Zabashtanska.
Ukrainian edition edited by Oleksii Mahdaliuk.
English edition edited by Daria Blednova.
Pick up our signature festival read packed with highlights, and don’t forget to check the list of partner venues with special discounts for badge holders.
The 23rd Docudays UA is held with financial support from the European Union, the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine, and the State Film Agency of Ukraine. The views, conclusions, or recommendations expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the governments of these countries. Responsibility for the content lies solely with the authors.
