Statement of the Ukrainian human rights organizations: The ruling reg…
News
17 January 2014
Statement of the Ukrainian human rights organizations: The ruling regime declared war against civil society
The Draft Law of Ukraine # 3879 that was passed into law on January 16, 2014 and urgently signed by the President shows that Ukraine has entered an era of reaction and obscurantism...
"We are concerned at the fact that the Verkhovna Rada, seeking to achieve its political ends, is prepared to undermine the very foundations of law and strives to convert the fundamentals of law and order to a matter of bargaining and negotiations."
On February 1, 2014 at 9 p.m. we will present a Russian documentary project The Term by Pavel Kostomarov, Alexander Rastorguyev, and Aleksei Pivovarov and a Ukrainian film by Roman Bondarchuk entitled Roma Dream.
"Morality does not forbid hating murderers. Especially if the murderers are in power or in direct service of those in power — with batons, tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, and, starting Jan. 22, live ammunitio"
Ukrainian human rights activists' statement on Andrey Yurov
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11 February 2014
Ukrainian human rights activists' statement on Andrey Yurov
Andrey Yurov has worked in close cooperation with the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Docudays UA and contributed to holding seminars and round table discussions; in 2008 he was a member of the Human Rights competition jury.
Website on Euromaidan in various languages was hacked
News
13 February 2014
Website on Euromaidan in various languages was hacked
The eurolution.info website is a platform for publishing news on Euromaidan in various languages: Ukrainian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish.
Clashes in Kyiv kill dozens as protesters cling to square
News
19 February 2014
Clashes in Kyiv kill dozens as protesters cling to square
Protesters in Kyiv stoked what they are calling a “ring of fire” separating themselves from the riot police in a desperate effort on Wednesday to defend a stage on Independence Square that has been a focal point of their protests and to keep their three-month-old movement alive...
How the western press is getting it terribly wrong in Ukraine
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06 March 2014
How the western press is getting it terribly wrong in Ukraine
When the pundits talk about Vladimir Putin’s offensive in Ukraine, they usually mean troops and tanks, but his greatest weapons are, in fact, his propaganda machine and the gullible western media...
The program DOCU/ART which gathered the films about crucial power of art in the struggle for human rights starts on March 22 at 1 p.m in Red Hall of Cinema House.
Program of the powerful festival winners DOCU/BEST opens March 22 with the screening and Q&A with the director of the film The Special Need (Kinopanorama, The Big Hall, 8:30 p.m.).
ARTDOCFEST PRESENTS. “The most important thing is to understand your …
Interviews
23 March 2014
ARTDOCFEST PRESENTS. “The most important thing is to understand your audience”
This year, the famous Russian film critic, programming director of Russian ArtDocFest Victoria Belopolskaya is a juror of the DOCU/SHORT competition at the Docudays UA Film Festival.
The 11th Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival has ended, but our program coordinator Viktoriya Leshchenko is still getting a lot words of appreciation from our guest and participants. Here are some of them...
During the First Festival of Film and Urbanism “86” the presentation of The Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and the screening of this year’s DOCU/LIFE participant American Commune will take place.
Docudays UA representative to participate in Visions du Réel
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24 April 2014
Docudays UA representative to participate in Visions du Réel
On April 25-29 the Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival representatives will be the participants of the Visions du Réel festival (April 25 – May 3, Nyon, Switzerland).
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival invites to an open air screenings of this year’s DOCU/RIOT program. The events will take place at the Master Klass House of Education and Culture rooftop.
Docudays UA presentation at Festival of Film and Urbanism “86”
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06 May 2014
Docudays UA presentation at Festival of Film and Urbanism “86”
In late April, the city of Slavutych hosted the Festival of Film and Urbanism “86”, the concept of which was not only to address the environmental topics, but also to discover unique urban space created as a result of environmental disaster...
Filmmakers Union of Ukraine prize for best Ukrainian films of 2013
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13 May 2014
Filmmakers Union of Ukraine prize for best Ukrainian films of 2013
On May 15, 2014, at 6:30 PM at the capital’s Cinema House will be held the ceremony of issuing the First Prize of the Filmmakers Union of Ukraine to authors of best domestic films of 2013.
Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov detained by FSB in Simferopol
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12 May 2014
Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov detained by FSB in Simferopol
In the night of May 11, Russian secret service known as FSB detained Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and Maidan participant Oleh Sentsov, journalist Kateryna Serhatskova wrote on her Facebook page.
Docudays UA's Bahrain, the Forbidden Country at Master Klass
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14 May 2014
Docudays UA's Bahrain, the Forbidden Country at Master Klass
From May 10 till 23 the Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival invites to an open air screenings of this year’s DOCU/RIOT program. The events will take place at the Master Klass House of Education and Culture (vul. Lavrska, 16-A).
Filmmakers Union of Ukraine Awards for Ukrainian Films Winners
News
16 May 2014
Filmmakers Union of Ukraine Awards for Ukrainian Films Winners
On May 15, 2014, at 6:30 PM at the capital’s Cinema House was held the ceremony of issuing the First Prize of the Filmmakers Union of Ukraine to authors of best domestic films of 2013.
Docudays UA screenings at Izolyatsia are postponed
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04 June 2014
Docudays UA screenings at Izolyatsia are postponed
Due to the dangerous situation in the region previously announced screenings of Docudays UA at Izolyatsia art platform in Donetsk are postponed indefinitely.
IZOLYATSIA, a well-known Ukrainian cultural Institution in Donetsk, was captured by armed representatives of Donetsk People’s Republic this morning, the 9th of June 2014.
An open letter from IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives to the “prime-minister” of the DPR (‘Donetsk People’s Republic’), Mr Alexander Boroday.
On June 16-20 the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Docudays UA presents the selection of shorts on the Ukrainian SPILNO.TV online channel.
6 rules to live by at Sheffield documentary film festival
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24 June 2014
6 rules to live by at Sheffield documentary film festival
Sheffield Doc/Fest is one of the biggest and powerful film festivals in the world. This year the festival was held on June 7–12. Victoria Leshchenko, Doudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival program coordinator, has brought some impressions from Sheffield.
Volodymyr Yavorskyi: Showing gore on screen is easy
Interviews
26 June 2014
Volodymyr Yavorskyi: Showing gore on screen is easy
The festival’s selection was shown last year in Minsk. For Grodno, it was for the first time. We used the occasion to talk to Volodymyr Yavorskyi, one of the festival’s coordinators and founders.
Program Coordinator of Docudays UA, Darya Bassel, has, for the second time, recently visited Visions du Réel International Film Festival in Swiss Nyon. Has anything changed since her previous visit, and what?
From 3 July until end of August 2014, the PinchukArtCentre and Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, supported by the National Oleksandr Dovzhenko Centre, invite to attend a lineup of public film screenings and discussions that will be held as part of “Fear and Hope” show.
Docudays UA's Elektro Moskva at Mystetskyi Arsenal
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02 July 2014
Docudays UA's Elektro Moskva at Mystetskyi Arsenal
At 7:30 PM on July 9th, the Smaller Gallery of Mystetskyi Arsenal in cooperation with the Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival as a part of exhibition RECT_STRUCT: emotions/algoritms present the closing film of the 11th Docudays UA Elektro Moskva.
July 5-6 will be closing days for ART artists’ camp in Obyrok art village. Docudays UA will present there the film from this year's non-competition selection DOCU/ART, Art War.
Docudays UA at colonies and education institutions
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04 July 2014
Docudays UA at colonies and education institutions
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and the State Penitentiary System of Ukraine are currently establishing permanent Docudays UA cinema clubs for media education on human rights.
The Way to Freedom: All revolutions are impossible until they become …
News
09 July 2014
The Way to Freedom: All revolutions are impossible until they become inevitable
On July 12 to 18 at Rodina cinema the documentary selection The Way to Freedom will be screened. Eight films tell about revolutions in various countries. United by common human principles of freedom, truth, and dignity, they reflect the changes possible only due to us.
The Eleventh Year with live music at PinchukArtCentre
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24 July 2014
The Eleventh Year with live music at PinchukArtCentre
On Thursday, July 24th at 7:30 pm at PinchukArtCentre, Docudays UA and The Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre welcome to watch The Eleventh Year by Dziga Vertov accompanied by Anton Baibakov’s live score.
On July 28th to August 1st, Docudays UA suggests spending warm summer nights with documentary cinema at Kyiv Angar Beach club, the summer venue located on Trukhaniv island in Kyiv...
This year the festival’s selection includes six films. Weekly, from August 1st to August 16th, at VDNH in Kyiv, the organizers will screen 2 films made within previous 2 years in Ukraine and Russia.
Docudays UA is looking for a human rights advocacy coordinator
News
20 August 2014
Docudays UA is looking for a human rights advocacy coordinator
Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union announces competition for the position of human rights advocacy coordinator at Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
On August 8th, Art War was screened at the Friday film marathon at ZAHIDFEST art festival. The screening was organized by Docudays UA in cooperation with Amnesty International.
Doc at Work is a laboratory of ideas open to anyone who wants to learn all about documentaries. The second edition of Doc at Work will be held during the 55th edition of Festival dei Popoli (November 28th - December 5th).
Docudays UA film clubs to engage certified moderators
News
18 August 2014
Docudays UA film clubs to engage certified moderators
This September, numerous permanent human rights media enlightenment film clubs by Docudays UA will be established at schools, institutions for higher education, non-government organizations, and libraries throughout Ukraine.
The Pidzamche Festival of Neighbors and Docudays UA present screening…
News
20 August 2014
The Pidzamche Festival of Neighbors and Docudays UA present screenings in Lviv
On August 30–31 the Festival of Neighbors in collaboration with the Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival two open air film screenings will be held in Pidzamche, one of the oldest districts of Lviv.
Scholarships for arts professionals from British Council
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21 August 2014
Scholarships for arts professionals from British Council
The British Council in Ukraine will award two annual scholarships for arts professionals to improve their English language skills. The call is open for Ukrainian arts managers, artists and culture journalists.
Docudays UA at the 15th Montreal Ukrainian Festival
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22 August 2014
Docudays UA at the 15th Montreal Ukrainian Festival
For the first time Docudays UA in collaboration with the 15th annual Montreal Ukrainian Festival in Quebec, Canada present a documentary program Maidan.
Docudays UA will join a charity event “Two days for a life” will be held at the Cinema House in Kyiv. The money raised at the event will be used for the needs of military hospitals and refugees from Eastern Ukraine.
Docudays UA is going to visit Vilnius Documentary Film Festival
News
18 September 2014
Docudays UA is going to visit Vilnius Documentary Film Festival
Today, on 18th of September, the 11th Vilnius Documentary Film Festival begins. The members of the Organizing Committee of Docudays UA Alla Tyutyunnyk and Svitlana Smal are going to present ukrainian festival there.
Ukrainian documentary film at the 11th Naoussa International Film Fes…
News
20 September 2014
Ukrainian documentary film at the 11th Naoussa International Film Festival
On September 24th – 28th, in Greek town of Naoussa, the 11th Naoussa International Film Festival will be held. Young Ukrainian filmmaking will be represented there by Polina Moshenska, the author of the documentary The Bridge and member of the Docudays UA team.
Docudays UA presented its program at the Montreal Ukrainian Festival …
News
29 September 2014
Docudays UA presented its program at the Montreal Ukrainian Festival in Canada
During first September’s weekend Ukrainian Canadian and International communities of Montreal watched documentaries about recent events that have changed history of Ukraine.
Ukraine is in a focus of Astra Film Festival (Romania)
News
05 October 2014
Ukraine is in a focus of Astra Film Festival (Romania)
Program Coordinator at Docudays UA, Darya Bassel, elected as a member of this year’s jury at the International Astra Film Festival to be held on October 6th-12th in Sibiu (Romania).
The screening and discussion of Art War with the street artists and w…
News
11 October 2014
The screening and discussion of Art War with the street artists and witnesses
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation together with Docudays UA invites to visit the screening of Art War (dir. Marco Wilms, Germany, 2014, 93’) on October 3rd.
"Inconvenient films" about Ukraine will be shown in Vilnius…
News
29 October 2014
"Inconvenient films" about Ukraine will be shown in Vilnius
On October 22–30, the 8th Human Rights Film Festival "Inconvenient Films" will be held in Vilnius. In cooperation with Docudays UA, it will present a special program Ukraine.doc.
Docudays UA will participate in the DokumentART Film Festival (German…
News
10 October 2014
Docudays UA will participate in the DokumentART Film Festival (Germany)
Documentary Film Festival DokumentART that started today in the Neubrandenburg, Germany, will hold a round table on the issues of film funding in Ukraine and Russia. Docudays UA team members will be the speakers from Ukraine.
Two days of Ukrainian cinema at the International Tbilisi Film Festiv…
News
13 October 2014
Two days of Ukrainian cinema at the International Tbilisi Film Festival CineDoc
Georgians like to say, "Together with the Ukrainians, we are 52 million!" and use every chance to prove their friendship. The 2nd International Tbilisi Documentary Film Festival CineDoc will present a special program "Ukrainian Voices".
In Romania came to an end Astra Film Festival. Ukrainian films received two awards there and Docudays UA program coordinator, Darya Bassel, who worked as a jury, - metaphysical experience from watching the festival program.
Jihlava film festival celebrates its 18th anniversary
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21 October 2014
Jihlava film festival celebrates its 18th anniversary
On 23 October 2014 in a Czech town of Jihlava will open the 18th International Documentary Film Festival. The Rough Cut. Euromaidan - opening film of this year at Docudays UA is in the competition program.
The ninth Rome Film festival is going on in Italy at these days. Besides competition and non-competition program there is a market project NEW CINEMA NETWORK, in which participates Ukrainian script “Volcano”.
The opening film of this year Docudays UA «Euromaidan. Rough cut» starts on a tour to regions of Ukraine and abroad. Film screening will take place within Docudays UA Travelling Festival which traditionally demonstrates best films of the festival starting from October till the end of December.
Tomorrow in the museum “Cultural Treasures of Ukraine” will start a “Donculture – cultural depths“ Forum dedicated to cultural achievements of Donbas. The event will present an exhibition, concert, literature and film program in which Docudays UA will participate with the film “The Coalminer’s day” directed by Gaël Mocaër.
The program DOK Leipzig includes four Ukrainian projects
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27 October 2014
The program DOK Leipzig includes four Ukrainian projects
Among the members of a major international documentary films and animation festival in Leipzig there are three documentaries and one 4-minutes animation.
"Euromaidan. Rough Cut" got Special Mention from East Silver Market at Jihlava International Film Festival. Tue Steen Müller explained the meaning of this award.
“Faces of Freedom. Maidan” travels across Ukraine with Docudays UA
News
24 November 2014
“Faces of Freedom. Maidan” travels across Ukraine with Docudays UA
During November-December, a photo exhibition of the artist Ihor Haidai “Faces of Freedom. Maidan” will be shown in several Ukrainian cities along with Docudays UA Travelling Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
On December 3 DOCU/SPACE by Docudays UA invites all to watch festival films during the ІІІrd Organization development Forum which will take place in NSC Olympiyskiy.
From 9 to 17 December one of the major Russian documentary film festivals ArtDocFest will take place in Moscow and prepared an interesting program which includes many Ukrainian films.
Tue Steen Müller, film-critic, co-founder of the several Film- and TV-Festival, tutor on training programs from Denmark made his list of this year best documentaries.
A documentary about the Ukrainian ‘Revolution of Dignity’ was screened at the Artdocfest film festival. Producer Darya Averchenko and director Roman Bondarchuk spoke to The St. Petersburg Times ahead of the Russian shows via Skype from Riga.
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