UA Shorts II. No Time Like Home
The program "No Time Like Home" is dedicated to showcasing a curated selection of recently created short films that emerged in the aftermath of a full-scale invasion. Exploring the themes of home, displacement, and the search for belonging, these films offer deeply personal narratives from the perspective of Ukrainians profoundly impacted by these events.
WAKING UP IN SILENCE | Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi |17’ | 2023
I STUMBLE EVERY TIME I HEAR FROM KYIV |Daryna Mamaisur | 17’ | 2023
THREE WINDOWS ON SOUTH WEST | Mariia Ponomarova | 8’ | 2023
THE LIGHTS OF KYIV | Serhii Tykhoniuk |16’ | 2023
ONE ALOE, ONE FICUS, ONE AVOCADO AND SIX DRACAENAS | Marta Smerechynska | 8’ | 2023
I DID NOT WANT TO MAKE A WAR FILM | Nadiia Parfan| 17’ | 2022
SCREENINGS
28.10., 19:00
ACUD Kino
Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
We Will Not Fade Away by Alisa Kovalenko
In 2014, five Ukrainian teens grew up amidst war-torn Donbas. Shelling and gunfire became routine, overshadowing their yearning for a better life. A Himalayan expedition offered them a fleeting escape, however, it was shattered by Russia's 2022 invasion.
SCREENINGS
26.10., 19:00
Filmtheater Colosseum - Kino 2
Gleimstraße 33, Berlin
TICKETS
27.10., 19:00
IL Kino
Nansenstraße 22, 12047 Berlin
TICKETS
La Palisiada by Philip Sotnychenko
Ukraine, 1996. Two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigate a murder of their colleague. Long time ago, both of them were in love with the widow of the deceased. Immersed in the complicated case and long forgotten memories, they create a future where their children have to live, inheriting unrealized aspirations of their parents.
SCREENINGS
27.10., 19:00
Filmtheater Colosseum - Kino 2
Gleimstraße 33, 10437 Berlin
TICKETS
Do You Love Me by Tonia Noyabriova
One year before the Soviet Union collapses. Kira (17 y.o) is stepping out of her adolescence into adult life at the very same moment as Ukraine steps out of Soviet slavery into the unknown. Together they will try all kinds of things for the first time – funny, dangerous, rebellious – as every teenager does.
Watch Trailer
SCREENINGS
26.10., 20:00
City Kino Wedding
Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
TICKETS
Three Women by Maksym Melnyk
"Three Women" is a glimpse into a scenic Ukrainian Carpathian village, through the lives of Hanna, Maria, and Nelya. The film captures their everyday chores and ardent longings, exploring themes of identity and community in a changing world.
SCREENINGS
26.10., 19:00
IL Kino
Nansenstraße 22, 12047 Berlin
TICKETS
27.10., 19:00
ACUD Kino
Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
TICKETS