Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin 2024
The Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin 2024, under the theme "The Art of Being Free," will take place from October 23 to 27, marking its fifth anniversary. The festival celebrates the latest Ukrainian auteur cinema and focuses on liberation from external control and internal erasure. This year's festival highlights decolonization processes in Ukraine and other former Soviet states like Armenia and Georgia.
A special tribute to Sergiy Parajanov will honor his 100th birthday, and, for the first time, a short film competition will be part of the program.
* Main program: Presentation of documentaries and feature films from Ukraine.
* Special program: Retrospective of Ukrainian cinema and film series “Decolonial Focus”.
* Short film programs: Three special programs as part of the short film competition.
* “UA Hits": the audience successes of Ukrainian cinemas.
* Workshops, Q&As, readings, parties and more.
Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin is organized by an independent initiative Plivka films aiming to promote Ukrainian cinema worldwide.
Our goal, however, is above all to present the current film landscape in Ukraine, and to explore it together with the audience.
We would like to show high-quality Ukrainian cinema products in cooperation with cinemas and various institutions, with experts and other guests, and make them available for discussion. We strive to familiarize the audience with a multitude of genres and artistic approaches of Ukrainian filmmakers, to talk about the role and perception of
Ukrainian cinema in the German and global context. To carry out exciting projects that will be attractive not only for those interested in Ukraine and Eastern Europe but also for other viewers who are interested in artistic processes and products.
With Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin we want to create a platform for the discussion of current issues for Ukraine in a European context. We want to hold our film screenings in professionally suitable rooms, give our viewers time, space, and topics for discussions and create an atmosphere of mutual dialogue.