Section: Focus

BYTVA ZA "ZHOVTEN"

THE BATTLE FOR ZHOVTEN CINEMA

Ksenia Krasnova

Ukraine, 2014, 6 Min

The aims of the spontaneous demonstrations which took place in front of Kiev's Zhovten cinema, last year target of an arson attack by homophobic extremists, would appear to change by the minute; do they want freedom of the press? Equal opportunities for the LGBT community? A Vakarchuk concert? Equally they appear unable to decide on who is to blame; neo-fascists? Separatists? American imperialism? The Kremlin? The story of how a minor scuffle can evolve into a major political issue clouded by conspiracy theories.

MY STREET FILMS UKRAINE
MY STREET FILMS UKRAINE
MY STREET FILMS UKRAINE

The Festival of Film and Urbanism, based in the Ukrainian city of Slavutych, the city purposely built for the evacuated personnel of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, recently came up with a compe-tition entitled “My Street Films Ukraine”, which called on everyone across the Ukraine to pick up a camera and, under expert supervision, film a local-interest story. The festival then screened thir-teen of these works, which reflect on contemporary urban life in six Ukrainian cities; Berezhany, Kiev, Kherson, Kramatorsk, Novoyavorivsk and Simferopol. Though the approach of the individual works may differ, ranging as it does from self-shot footage to conceptual art, the focus of all the featured films remains unmistakably true to immediate reality.
For further information on the Festival of Film and Urbanism take a look at www.86.org.ua

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour

Drehbuch
Ksenia Krasnova

Kamera
Taras Myshak

Produzent
Nadia Parfan

Produktion
86 IFFU

Kontakt
86 Prokat
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Office 410
04071 Kiev
Ukraine
Tel.: +380.63.514 4643
nadia@86.org.ua
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