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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My Diana
#relationship #LGBT / Queer #identity #creative #archives
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My Diana (Моя Діана)
When Ukrainian feminist and activist Diana Berg enters my life, my boundaries expand. Through our polyamorous relationship, I rediscover Ukraine after years in Germany. If polyamory exists, could "polyhomery" too?
#relationship #LGBT / Queer #identity #creative #archives
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Patronymic
#docufiction #postcolonialism #identity #history #family #archives
Сompleted
Patronymic (По батькові)
Following the long train journey home, Kyiv-born filmmaker Mariia Volodymyrivna Ponomarova searches for her patronymic, a Ukrainian middle name derived from the name of her father, which disappeared from her international documents. 
#docufiction #postcolonialism #identity #history #family #archives
Сompleted
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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Slavik’s Journey to Forever
#history #archives #current_affairs #memories
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Slavik’s Journey to Forever (Славік на шляху у вічність)
Obsessed with the idea that only he could preserve the "true memory of Mariupol," Slavik gave up his business in the late 1990s and began tirelessly collecting artifacts and stories from the city — unaware that he was, in fact, gathering evidence of a world that would be destroyed by the Russian invasion.
#history #archives #current_affairs #memories
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The Amateur
#social_issues #docufiction #history #identity #archives #music
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The Amateur (Аматор)
In 1980s Soviet Ukraine, a merchant marine becomes an accidental rebel after discovering underground cinema. His camera captures a defiant nation on the brink of change and a music scene that helped bring down the USSR.
#social_issues #docufiction #history #identity #archives #music
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The Girl In The Photo
#photography #investigation #history #archives
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The Girl In The Photo (Дівчинка з фото)
The photo taken during the collectivization times by amateur photographer Mark Zalizniak became one of the most famous symbols of the Holodomor, but the fate of the people depicted in it remained unknown. The film explores the history of this family, the photo itself, and its symbolic meaning.
#photography #investigation #history #archives
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