The 22nd Docudays UA will be held at the Zhovten and KINO42 cinemas, and online on the DOCUSPACE platform.
If you want to attend festival screenings and events, you have the opportunity to buy passes, tickets, take advantage of discounts or pre-purchased industry accreditation, and to get professional media accreditation. Please note the algorithm for action in case of an air raid warning.
TICKETS
EVENTS THAT REQUIRE TICKETS
On 7–13 June — all film screenings at Zhovten Cinema.
On 7–13 June — all film screenings at KINO42.
Festival screenings take place from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. The ticket gives you the right to take a free seat in the audience, except for those already reserved by the Festival. One ticket can be used by only one viewer to attend one screening.
FREE ACCESS:
discussions and Q&A;
DOCU/SYNTHESIS events and the Ukraine War Archive project;
DOCU/CLASS events;
events of the RIGHTS NOW! human rights programme.
Pre-registration is required for some events, which will be indicated in the programme.
Access to the Festival Opening Ceremony and the Awards Ceremony is by invitations and tickets. Pass holders will also be able to reserve a ticket for the event if tickets remain available.
WHERE TO BUY TICKETS
You can buy tickets at the festival ticket offices and on the docudays.ua website starting on 30 May. The sale and reservation of tickets using passes or accreditations stops once the screening has started.
FESTIVAL TICKET OFFICE:
Zhovten Cinema, Kostiantynivska St, 26.
Cash desks are open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Online film screenings on docuspace.org, as well as ticket sales for these screenings, will begin on 8 June. All films on docuspace.org can only be watched on the territory of Ukraine.
DISCOUNTS
Pensioners, Armed Forces members, combat veterans, and war veterans can get a free ticket for the screenings at Zhovten Cinema at the festival ticket office after presenting an appropriate ID. You can get only one ticket per screening. It is impossible to get tickets for simultaneous screenings. You can receive your ticket at the ticket office a day before or on the day of the screening.
Students, schoolchildren and internally displaced persons can receive a 50% discount when purchasing tickets.
The discount ticket is valid at the entrance to the auditorium if you show an appropriate ID to the controller.
FESTIVAL PASSES
Cinephiles can get a festival pass, which allows you to attend more screenings and save money.
This year, we offer three types of festival passes: Classic, Student and Morning. The classic pass is valid from 6 to 13 June at Zhovten Cinema and KINO42, while the morning pass allows you to book tickets for film screenings that start no later than 4:30 p.m. at Zhovten Cinema from 7 to 13 June.
From 30 April:
Classic pass: UAH 800.
Student pass: UAH 500.
Morning pass: UAH 400.
From 12 May until 29 May:
Classic pass: UAH 1000.
Student pass: UAH 700.
Morning pass: UAH 500.
From 30 May:
Classic pass: UAH 1200.
Student pass: UAH 900.
Morning pass: UAH 600.
To purchase a pass, provide your given name, surname, email, and phone number. If the payment is successful, you will receive an email with the necessary information and your certificate. The certificate will not display your name.
On 28 May, you will receive a PDF-badge in your email. For environmental reasons, you can refuse to have your paper badge printed while ordering a pass. An electronic badge grants you all the privileges of the paper one. You can choose to have a paper one as a redundant electronic one, as a souvenir, or in case your phone does not support files in PDF format.
If you are a student at school or university, please indicate your student ID number. You will also have to present your student ID when you collect your pass. Internally displaced persons who are studying and do not have such a document can indicate their IDP certificate number.
The pass allows you to:
FESTIVAL ACCREDITATIONS
Who can receive it:
Media representatives can obtain press and media accreditation. Please fill out the form following the link.
Film professionals can obtain the DOCU/PRO film industry accreditation.
DOCU/PRO INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION
Industry accreditation can be obtained by directors, producers, cinematographers, distributors, festival programmers, film students, and everyone who is active in the film industry in Ukraine and abroad.
Until 27 April:
Pass price: UAH 1300.
From 28 April:
Pass price: UAH 1800.
DOCU/PRO ACCREDITATION ALLOWS YOU TO:
take advantage of all the festival pass benefits;
access a series of lectures, masterclasses, and meetings with leading professionals in the international and Ukrainian film industry (the detailed programme will be published in May).
participate in the festival films and events (this access can be used by those who plan to attend the festival in Kyiv and/or use their access to the limited film programme in the video room).
obtain a ticket to the Opening Ceremony of the 21st Docudays UA 2024 (a limited number of tickets are available).
See more details here.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THE START OF THE SCREENING
1. Ticket sales stop once the screening has started.
2. We will be grateful if you take your seat in the audience ten minutes before the start of the screening.
3. If you have not booked a ticket with a festival pass or accreditation, you can try to use ‘happy minutes’. This is an option that allows you to take free seats in the audience (if available). Entrance to the auditorium is granted according to the instructions of the controller after the start of the screening on a first-come-first-served basis.
4. Pass holders who are late can also try to use ‘happy minutes’ and join the queue. If you are more than ten minutes late, we cannot guarantee the availability of free seats in the audience.
5. Viewers are admitted to the screening within ten minutes of the start of the movie, if there are free seats in the audience. If the delay is longer, your ticket will be canceled.
6. In the event of an air raid and postponement of sessions, all aforementioned rules apply, at the discretion of the organizers.
7. Please only bring drinks to the auditorium in closed bottles and sealed cups. Due to the specifics of the festival screenings, we do not allow popcorn or other food in the theatres.
THE TICKET WILL BE CANCELLED IF:
1. You violate the rules of the Festival or your behaviour may cause damage to the property of the cinema, is offensive and unacceptable to the audience, employees of the Festival and the cinema;
2. You take photos and videos in the hall during the film screening, unauthorised by the festival organiser(s).
The cost of a cancelled ticket is non-refundable.
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN AIR RAID WARNING
In the event of an air raid warning, the screening will be interrupted, and we will ask you to leave the hall and go to the nearest shelter: either directly in the Zhovten Cinema (designed for 70 places), or to the nearest metro station, Kontraktova Ploshcha. Our volunteers will help you find your way to a safe place.
