The 23rd 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.
By purchasing and using a festival pass, accreditation or ticket, you agree to the terms of use of the website. In particular, with the Consent to filming, distribution and processing of personal information.
TICKETS
EVENTS THAT REQUIRE TICKETS
On 5–12 June — all film screenings at Zhovten Cinema.
On 5–12 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 28 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 7 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 for the screenings at Zhovten Cinema from 5 to 12 June and KINO42 from 5 to 12 June 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 5 to 12 June at Zhovten Cinema and from 5 to 12 June at KINO42, while the morning pass allows you to book tickets for film screenings that start no later than 4:30 p.m. from 5 to 12 June at Zhovten Cinema and from 5 to 12 June at KINO42.
From 16 April until 24 April:
Classic pass: UAH 1000.
Student pass: UAH 600.
Morning pass: UAH 500.
From 25 April until 25 May:
Classic pass: UAH 1200.
Student pass: UAH 800.
Morning pass: UAH 600.
From 26 May:
Classic pass: UAH 1400.
Student pass: UAH 1000.
Morning pass: UAH 700.
To purchase a pass, provide your given name, surname, email, and phone number. 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. Documents confirming eligibility for discounts will be checked by controllers upon entry to the session.
For environmental reasons, we would appreciate it if you opted out of receiving a printed badge. 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.
>> BUY A PASS
If the payment is successful, you will receive an email confirming your purchase. On 28 May, you will receive a personalized PDF badge by email, which will include your login and password for using the badge.
The pass allows you to:
FESTIVAL ACCREDITATIONS
Who can receive it:
Media representatives can obtain press and media accreditation. Information about the registration conditions will be published in May.
Film professionals can obtain the DOCU/PRO film industry accreditation.
DOCU/PRO INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION
Industry accreditation is available to directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, distributors, festival selectors, film school students, and anyone actively working in the film industry in Ukraine and abroad.
From 26 March until 23 April:
Pass price: UAH 2000.
From 24 April until 25 May:
Pass price: UAH 2500.
Armed Forces members, combat veterans, and war veterans can receive a 50% discount on industry accreditation. To take advantage of this offer, please contact us at [email protected].
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 23rd Docudays UA 2026 (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 cinema hall ten minutes before the start of the screening.
3. In case of late arrival within the first ten minutes after the start of the screening, and subject to available seats in the cinema hall, ticket holders, festival pass holders, or accreditation holders may take available seats on a first-come, first-served basis, as directed by a volunteer.
4. The ticket will be canceled in case of a delay of more than 10 minutes.
5. In the event of an air raid and postponement of sessions, all aforementioned rules apply, at the discretion of the organizers.
6. Please only bring drinks to the cinema hall 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 to the nearest metro station, Kontraktova Ploshcha. Our volunteers will help you find your way to a safe place.
