Focus: Ukraine
A war is being waged not far from us. Thousands of Ukrainian refugees are now in Bulgaria as a result of Russia’s invasion. In many cities of our country, there were marches in support of Ukraine and its citizens.
Sofia DocuMental 2022 takes part in this movement with a selection of films dedicated to the war in Ukraine and life in the Russian-occupied territories. The films we showcase look into regional conflicts in the last eight years and show the history of the full-scale war.
Mariupolis 2 (2022)
(dir. Mantas Kvedaravičius, Hanna Bilobrova, 112', Lithuania, France, Germany)
26.09, 19:00 - Cinema House
Inner Wars (2020)
(dir. Masha Kondakova, 67', Ukraine)
20.09, 18:30 - Cinema House
Terykony (2022)
(dir. Taras Tomenko, 80', Ukraine)
23.09, 18:30 - Czech Center
The festival will also host a discussion the discussion panel Russia’s Nuclear Terrorism in which discussants will talk about the danger of military action in the vicinity of operating nuclear power plants and about the possible counteraction.
Participants:
Ksenya Shymanska, International Human Rights Festival Dokudays UA
Olexi Pasyuk, Deputy Director in the environmental civil society organisation “Ecoaction”
Date & place
September 26th, 17:30, House of Cinema