Panel talk: Georgian Cinema: Decolonizing the Past, Reflecting on the Present
27.10., 20:00
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Following the screening of “Hotel Metalurg” by Jeanne Nouchi and George Varsimashvili
In cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
The discussion will bring together exciting guests from the fields of academia, the arts, and activism for a public conversation. The focus will be on the political and cultural legacy of the Soviet Union, which Georgian society must continue to actively grapple with. On October 26th of this year, with crucial government elections, the authoritarian and anti-Western policies of the ruling party Georgian Dream can be decisively rejected. [more]
PanelistIs:
Nino Lejava, Director Belgrad – Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Katie Sartania, Research Fellow at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
Giorgi Kakabadze, Georgisches Zentrum im Ausland (GZA)
Moderation:
Irine Beridze, Postdoc Researcher at Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO) e.V.
Hotel Metalurg by Jeanne Nouchi and George Varsimashvili
Georgia | 2023 | Documentary | 71’
+ Panel Discussion: “Georgian Cinema: Decolonizing the Past, Reflecting on the Present”
In cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
A poignant documentary about refugees in Georgia who have lived in an abandoned luxury hotel for over 30 years, resisting eviction.
SCREENINGS
27.10., 17:30
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Forever-Forever by Anna Buryachkova
Ukraine | 2023 | 107’
The 1990s in Kyiv: violence, sex and love among Ukrainian teenagers. A fast-paced and exciting film by a director with music video experience.
SCREENINGS
26.10., 19:30
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
27.10., 20:00
City Kino Wedding
Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
Rocky Road to Berlin by Olga Ryashina
Ukraine | 2024 | Feature Film | 104’
A feature-length film based on the story "Me, a Pobeda and Berlin" by the legendary Ukrainian musician Kuzma Scryabin. A comedy-adventure about two friends on a road trip to Berlin, filled with unexpected twists and self-discovery.
SCREENINGS
25.10., 20:30
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
26.10., 20:00
City Kino Wedding
Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
Us, Our Pets and War by Anton Ptushkin
Ukraine | 2024 | Documentary | 79’
A documentary about people and their pets amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
SCREENINGS
25.10., 19:00
Sputnik Kino
Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin
27.10., 20:30
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Panel talk: Decolonizing Minds: Addressing Disinformation and Creative Resistance
26.10.
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Following the Decolonial Short Film Program (“Where Russia Ends”, “Explosions Near the Museum”)
In cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
This panel will explore the multifaceted themes of colonial legacies, media representation, and institutional entrenchment in shaping decolonial approaches. Building on the films presented in the program, the discussion will focus on historical narratives, the portrayal of coloniality, and how institutions can both hinder and promote decolonial frameworks. [more]
Panelists:
Tereza Hendl - philosopher and bioethicist, board member of the RUTA Association
Philipp Goll - cultural researcher, writer
Yarema Malashuk - visual artist and filmmaker
Moderation:
Kateryna Demerza - philosopher, Vitsche e.V.
Intercepted by Oksana Karpovych
Ukraine | 2024 | Documentary | 95’
+ Panel discussion “Torn Worlds: Disinformation and the Challenge of Sources in the Russian War of Aggression against Ukraine”
In cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
“Intercepted” explores landscapes and mindscapes of war, showcasing two parallel worlds. It features serene images of destroyed Ukrainian villages after de-occupation, contrasting them with wiretapped phone conversations from 2022 between Russian soldiers and their families. We listen to fragments from an opressive audio archive of moral depravity and war crimes while watching images that bear witness to destruction, but also to liberation and resilience. Thus, “Intercepted” forces us to question our perception of images of war and challenges us to face evidence.
SCREENINGS
24.10., 18:00
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
27.10., 18:50
IL Kino
Nansenstraße 22, 12047 Berlin
Decolonial Focus: Short film program and panel discussion
+ Panel discussion “Decolonizing Minds: Addressing Disinformation and Creative Resistance“
In cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
EXPLOSIONS NEAR MUSEUM by Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk | 2023 | Short film, documentary | Ukraine | 14'
WHERE RUSSIA ENDS by Oleksiy Radynski | 2024 | Short film, Documentary | Ukraine | 25'
SCREENINGS
26.10., 16:00
Cinema at the Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Panel talk: Film as Resistance: Artistic Practices to Strengthen Resilience Against Disinformation
25.10.
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Following the screening of “Kilometre” by Hanna Tykha
In cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
In times of war, film becomes more than a medium—it is a form of resistance, a beacon against the fog of disinformation.We will discuss how visual storytelling can create room for truth in the midst of chaos. Through the lens of Kilometre, where a family’s survival is a battle fought both at home and on distant frontlines, we confront the role of artistic practices in shaping resilience. Can art help to fight disinformation as well as should the art —providing visual evidence that shows reality clearly and in detail. [more]
Panelists:
Hanna Tykha - Film Director, Babylon #13
Darya Averchenko – Producer, Scriptwriter, and Head of Communication at IDFF Docudays UA
Kateryna Tarabukina – Culture Manager and Curator of Public Programs at Vitsche e.V.
Moderator:
Eva Yakubovska - Historian, Culture Manager, Vitsche e.V. / Pilecki Institute Berlin
Kilometre by Hanna Tykha (Produced by Babylon 13')
Ukraine | 2024 | Documentary | 75’
+ Panel discussion “Film as Resistance: Artistic Practices to Strengthen Resilience Against Disinformation”
In cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
As Russia begins a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, video artist, film director and active member of Babylon'13 team Roman Liubyi attempts to return home to be with his daughter, wife and parents. Roma was working in London when the Ukrainian conflict rapidly escalated with Russia's massive army rolling across the border of his home. He decides to return to his family, whose town soon becomes a battlefield. While they take shelter in basements, cut off from the rest of their country by encircling Russian forces, Roma joins an air intelligence unit, operating drones to locate the whereabouts of the invading force, but also to find those surviving in the most desperate conditions.
SCREENINGS
25.10., 18:00
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Panel talk: Torn Worlds: Disinformation and the Challenge of Sources in the Russian War of Aggression against Ukraine
24.10.
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Following the screening of “Intercepted” by Oksana Karpovych
In cooperation with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
This panel will unfold like a conversation at the crossroads of fractured realities. As Intercepted (2024) peels back the layers of sound and image, revealing lives divided between the frontlines and distant homes, we confront a deeper question: how do we navigate the torn landscape of truth in war? In the shadow of disinformation, sources become both anchors and drifting objects—holding fragments of clarity while being pulled by powerful currents of manipulation. Our speakers will grapple with the delicate task of making sense of these fragments, where every narrative is contested, and every source is a thread in a larger, tangled web of stories. [more]
Panelists:
Dr. Franziska Davies - Historian
Alina Gorlova - Artist and Film Director
Christopher Nunn - Director of Photography for Intercepted, Photographer
Max Bernhard, specialist in digital research and Open-Source Intelligence, Correctiv e.V (OSINT)
Moderator:
Eva Yakubovska - Historian, Culture Manager, Vitsche e.V. / Pilecki Institute Berlin