The Kharkiv MeetDocs festival all set to take place despite the war
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- 03 Oct 2022
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Kharkiv MeetDocs is all set to be the cultural voice of Eastern Ukraine for the sixth year in a row. This international festival of documentary and art films promotes the cultural integration of artists from various regions of Ukraine, in particular the eastern regions, which have suffered significantly as a result of Russian aggression. For security reasons, Kharkiv MeetDocs will open in Kyiv and will take place between 1 and 6 October in a hybrid format. The festival will take place with the support of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.
This year's Kharkiv MeetDocs international documentary and feature film festival will open with the animated film Flee [+] by Danish director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, about a refugee from Afghanistan, and the screenings will end with a Ukrainian movie about the history of Donbas by director Korniy Hrytsyuk, titled Eurodonbas, whose journey began a few years ago with a pitching session at the festival.
Evgenia Krigsheim, director and founder of the festival, commented: "We decided, despite all of the circumstances, to hold the festival this year as well. You can't curtail activities when Ukrainian culture, on the contrary, needs the widest possible presence in the world. Today, documentary is becoming the main direction of Ukrainian cinematography, and this is understandable. Artists strive to reflect the events around them and record a historical moment, telling Ukrainians and the world uninvented stories of our struggle for existence. And we, as a documentary film festival, simply could not stand aside. For the sake of security, this year we will open the event in Kyiv, because Kharkiv is still under enemy attacks. Read More...
