FESTIVAL OPENING: Fragments of Ice by Maria Stoianova
Ukraine, Norway | 2024 | Documentary | 95’
with Q&A after the screenings
Maria Stoianova's father was a figure skater with the Soviet-Ukrainian “Ballet on Ice”. In 1986, he bought a camera and began documenting his tours in the West and his family life. The director weaves the nostalgic footage and commentary into a fascinating film essay about the nature of memory and the ability of images to capture it.
SCREENINGS
23.10., 19:00
Doors 18:00
Filmtheater Colosseum - Kino 1
Schönhauser Allee 123, 10437 Berlin
Short film competition I
with Q&A after the screenings
I DIED IN IRPIN by Anastasiia Falilieva | 11’
BEWARE OF GOOD DOG by Adelina Borets | 26’
VOICE MESSAGES FROM BAKHMUT by Ihor Babaiev | 15’
IN PARIS NO ONE THINKS ABOUT TOMORROW by Andrii Kokura | 14’
DOVECOTS OF KYIV by Mykhailo Volkov | 10’
SCREENINGS
24.10., 19:00
ACUD Kino
Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
26.10., 18:50
IL Kino
Nansenstraße 22, 12047 Berlin
Mother and Daughter, or the Night Is Never Complete by Lana Ghoghoberidze
Georgia / France | 2023 | Documentary | 89’
with Q&A after the screening
Greatness paired with modesty: 93 years old and a daughter, world-famous director Lana remembers her mother Nutsa, Georgia’s first female filmmaker. A cinema legacy that revolves around being human in dark times: feminist, loving, critical of violence.
SCREENINGS
25.10., 18:50
IL Kino
Nansenstraße 22, 12047 Berlin
Intercepted by Oksana Karpovych
Ukraine | 2024 | Documentary | 95’
+ Panel discussion “Problems of disinformation and dealing with sources”
“Intercepted” explores what drives people to wage war in a foreign country and shows two parallel worlds. The camera captures calm images of destroyed Ukrainian villages and towns after their liberation, where life is slowly returning. These images counter the normalization of horror in the media. The shocking contrast to this is the soundtrack: taped telephone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families from the year 2022, in which confessions of violent crimes and the hate-filled reactions from “back home” are shocking. Images and sound stand side by side in bewilderment.
SCREENINGS
24.10., 18:00
Kino im Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
27.10., 18:50
IL Kino
Nansenstraße 22, 12047 Berlin