The Basement by Roman Blazhan
Ukraine | 2024 | Documentary | 78’
with Q&A after the screening
Dark rooms, heavy doors. On the left are the names of the murdered, on the right those of the deceased. Children's paintings and prayers, despair echoes off the walls. In March 2022, Russian troops invaded the village of Yahidne. The residents were locked in the basement of the school, packed tightly together, for 27 days. Among them 77 children, the youngest just six weeks old. Too little water, too little air. Some lost hope, others lost their minds. The 51-year-old Olha kept a diary of the time as a testimony in case no one survived. When the Russian soldiers were driven out, the inhabitants rebuilt the village.
SCREENINGS
26.10., 18:15
Filmtheater Colosseum - Kino 2
Schönhauser Allee 123, 10437 Berlin
A Bit of a Stranger by Svitlana Lishchynska
Ukraine | 2024 | Documentary | 90’
with Q&A after the screening
Mariupol-born filmmaker Svitlana's film highlights the experiences of four generations of women, including her own, and shows how Moscow's imperial policies have affected their national identity. Each generation in her family became increasingly Russified. Russia's attack on Ukraine shatters this part of their identities and forces them to find new paths. Svitlana's daughter flees to London, while her mother quietly says goodbye to the Soviet-Russian past. Svitlana herself questions the colonized part of her consciousness.
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SCREENINGS
26.10., 16:00
Filmtheater Colosseum - Kino 2
Schönhauser Allee 123, 10437 Berlin