Films

EuroKryvbas
#postcolonialism #history #archives #architecture #culture
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EuroKryvbas (ЄвроКривбас)
Fueled by rare earth minerals and foreign visionaries, built with Belgian trams, German manufacturing, Polish labor, and French and British capital — EuroKryvbas reveals how Ukraine’s industrial core was once deeply European, before the Soviet Union rewrote its past and silenced its legacy. Today, as mines and factories lie near the frontline, history echoes once more — defying imperial myths with memory and resistance.
#postcolonialism #history #archives #architecture #culture
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Fermata
#music #culture #current_affairs #art #human_interest
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Fermata (Фермата)
A distinguished pianist known for performing contemporary classical music loses the ability to play at the beginning of the war. His determination to return to the piano turns his performances into a form of healing for wounded souls and an honest voice of culture in a time of profound challenges.
#music #culture #current_affairs #art #human_interest
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Kyiv. A Notebook
#war #culture #road movie #observation #everyday_life
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Kyiv. A Notebook
As Russia’s aggression against Ukraine continues the filmmaker travels from New York to his native city, Kyiv, where he reunites with loved ones and friends and confronts the everyday reality of a city at war.
#war #culture #road movie #observation #everyday_life
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Residence Permit
#culture #community #road movie #identity #refugees #postcolonialism
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Residence Permit (Дозвіл на проживання)
A Ukrainian filmmaker born in Siberia travels across Caucasus, Moldova and Eastern Ukraine to confront the ruins left by her country of birth, meeting people marked by occupation, erasure, and fractured identity – reflections of her own story.
#culture #community #road movie #identity #refugees #postcolonialism
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Serge Lifar: Artist’s Case
#investigation #identity #history #dance #art #archives #culture
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Serge Lifar: Artist’s Case (Справа артиста. Сергій Лифар)
Serge Lifar: Artist’s Case uncovers the truth behind the legendary ballet dancer’s legacy, exploring whether his collaboration with Nazi forces was a choice or a consequence of circumstance.
#investigation #identity #history #dance #art #archives #culture
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The Bear
#war #theatre #teenager #education #coming of age #culture
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The Bear (Ведмідь)
A group of acting students is forced to relocate to Western Ukraine at the start of the war. They dream of becoming actors, but their graduation performance is based on a play by Chekhov. Some refuse to perform, risking their graduation. Why, out of thousands of plays, did they choose a Russian one?
#war #theatre #teenager #education #coming of age #culture
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