April 26-29: Ukrainian Film Festival to Be Hosted in Tbilisi
This Thursday, April 26, the Ukrainian Film Festival themed “Ukraine in Focus” starts in Tbilisi. Every day until Sunday, April 29, a handful of contemporary Ukrainian films will be shown at the Amirani Cinema. Entrance is free for all guests wishing to see the latest Ukrainian movie creations.
The festival is to open with a screening of Peter Bebjak’s The Line (2017) at 20:00, while the following days’ highlights are Akhtem Seitablaev’s Cyborgs (2017), Akhtem Seitablaev’s Someone else’s prayer (2017), Maryna Stepanska’s Falling (2017), and Oleg Borshchevskyi’s DZIDZIO Kontrabas (2017).
Lovers of short films will also get a good deal, as the festival has arranged screenings of award-winning short movies too. On April 28, the evening is dedicated to numerous Ukrainina shorts, including Antonina Noiabriova’s Independence Day (2017), Katya Gornostay’s Lilac (2017), Pavlo Ostrikov’s Graduation ’97 (2017), and Mariia Kondakova’s Falling leaves (2017).
In addition to the wide range of movies for adults, the festival offers different features for younger audiences. The fantasy film The Stronghold by Yurii Kovaliov (2017) will be screened for children within the scope of the festival. The film will be screened in Ukrainian.
“The Ukrainian Film Festival is organized for the fourth time in Tbilisi and each year this extraordinary event is visited by more and more film-lovers of different ages and nationalities. This year, we have modern films of various genres on the program and we hope that every viewer will be able to attend film screenings of his/her interest. In addition, we hope our guests will learn more about Ukrainian cinematography and take something special from the festival,” said Maria Moskalenko, the organizer of the festival.
FX Film Georgia and JS Films are behind the organization of the festival, which is supported by the Ukrainian State Film Agency, the Embassy of Ukraine in Georgia, the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia, the Georgian National Film Center, the Odessa International Film Festival, and the Company Solar Media Entertainment.
Find the Festival Program on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/UFFUkraineinfocus/
WHERE: Amirani Cinema - 36/1 Kostava Street, Tbilisi
By Benjamin Music