Explores the experiences of four generations of women in the filmmaker's family, showing how Moscow's imperial policies affected national identity.
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UFFB 2024
22 Results
Generation Ukraine
A Bit of a Stranger
Explores the experiences of four generations of women in the filmmaker's family, showing how Moscow's imperial policies affected national identity.
Essayistic documentary about war from three generations of women's perspectives, featuring video calls and archival materials.
Main Program
A Picture to Remember
Essayistic documentary about war from three generations of women's perspectives, featuring video calls and archival materials.
- Explosions Near Museum | Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk | 14'
- Where Russia Ends | Oleksiy Radynski | 25'
Decolonial Focus
Decolonial Focus: Short Film Program
- Explosions Near Museum | Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk | 14'
- Where Russia Ends | Oleksiy Radynski | 25'
- From the Past | Hanna Palamarchuk | 1'
- Nuance | Marharyta Voronova, Oleh Kibalnyk | 21'
- Ya Vzhe Ne Uyidu Nikuda (I Won't Go Anywhere) | Heorhii Krasnobryzhev | 18'
- Three Beasts | Volodymyr Postupnyi | 20'
- Metallic Taste | Ivan Krupenikov | 20'
- Uzhorod to the Shelter | Oleksandra Horiienko | 8'
Short Films
Don’t Be a Square! Short Films Out of Competition
- From the Past | Hanna Palamarchuk | 1'
- Nuance | Marharyta Voronova, Oleh Kibalnyk | 21'
- Ya Vzhe Ne Uyidu Nikuda (I Won't Go Anywhere) | Heorhii Krasnobryzhev | 18'
- Three Beasts | Volodymyr Postupnyi | 20'
- Metallic Taste | Ivan Krupenikov | 20'
- Uzhorod to the Shelter | Oleksandra Horiienko | 8'
Fast-paced film exploring violence, sex and love among Ukrainian teenagers in 1990s Kyiv, directed by a music video filmmaker.
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Forever-Forever
Fast-paced film exploring violence, sex and love among Ukrainian teenagers in 1990s Kyiv, directed by a music video filmmaker.
Documentary essay about a figure skater's family, weaving nostalgic archival footage with reflections on memory.
Main Program
Fragments of Ice
Documentary essay about a figure skater's family, weaving nostalgic archival footage with reflections on memory.
Decolonial Focus
Hotel Metalurg
Documentary · Georgia · 2023
Jeanne Nouchi, George Varsimashvili · 71'
Documentary about refugees in Georgia living in an abandoned luxury hotel for over 30 years, resisting eviction.
Decolonial Focus
Hotel Metalurg
Documentary about refugees in Georgia living in an abandoned luxury hotel for over 30 years, resisting eviction.
Explores war landscapes, contrasting serene de-occupied village images with wiretapped conversations between Russian soldiers and their families, examining perception and evidence.
Film and Disinformation
Intercepted
Explores war landscapes, contrasting serene de-occupied village images with wiretapped conversations between Russian soldiers and their families, examining perception and evidence.
Follows video artist Roman Liubyi as he returns home during Russia's invasion, joining an air intelligence unit operating drones to locate invading forces.
Film and Disinformation
Kilometre
Follows video artist Roman Liubyi as he returns home during Russia's invasion, joining an air intelligence unit operating drones to locate invading forces.
Documentary following a Ukrainian woman transporting fallen soldiers' bodies during the Russian invasion.
Main Program
Mission 200
Documentary following a Ukrainian woman transporting fallen soldiers' bodies during the Russian invasion.
Decolonial Focus
Mother and Daughter, or the Night Is Never Complete
Documentary · Georgia, France · 2023
Lana Ghoghoberidze · 89'
Documentary about a 93-year-old world-famous director remembering her mother, Georgia's first female filmmaker, exploring feminist cinema legacy.
Mother and Daughter, or the Night Is Never Complete
Georgia, France · 2023
Director: Lana Ghoghoberidze
Decolonial Focus
Mother and Daughter, or the Night Is Never Complete
Documentary about a 93-year-old world-famous director remembering her mother, Georgia's first female filmmaker, exploring feminist cinema legacy.
Documentary about how war threatens the unity of a women's cheerleading group, with members separated between Kharkiv and the Netherlands.
Main Program
Nice Ladies
Documentary about how war threatens the unity of a women's cheerleading group, with members separated between Kharkiv and the Netherlands.
Based on a story by legendary Ukrainian musician Kuzma Scryabin, a comedy-adventure about two friends' road trip with unexpected twists.
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Rocky Road to Berlin
Based on a story by legendary Ukrainian musician Kuzma Scryabin, a comedy-adventure about two friends' road trip with unexpected twists.
Masterpiece of Ukrainian poetic cinema capturing the visual poetry and folklore of the Hutsuls, challenging traditional filmmaking boundaries.
Retrospective
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Masterpiece of Ukrainian poetic cinema capturing the visual poetry and folklore of the Hutsuls, challenging traditional filmmaking boundaries.
- I Died in Irpin | Anastasiia Falileieva | 11'
- Beware of a Good Dog! | Adelina Borets | 26'
- Voice Messages from Bakhmut | Ihor Babaiev | 15'
- In Paris No One Thinks About Tomorrow | Andrii Kokura | 14'
- Dovecotes of Kyiv | Mykhailo Volkov | 10'
Short Films
Short Film Competition: Program I
- I Died in Irpin | Anastasiia Falileieva | 11'
- Beware of a Good Dog! | Adelina Borets | 26'
- Voice Messages from Bakhmut | Ihor Babaiev | 15'
- In Paris No One Thinks About Tomorrow | Andrii Kokura | 14'
- Dovecotes of Kyiv | Mykhailo Volkov | 10'
- Boots on the Ground, Hands in the Soil | Karolina Uskakovych | 16'
- Comma | Sonia Leliukh | 4'
- Where Russia Ends | Oleksiy Radynski | 25'
- As It Was | Anastasiia Solonevych, Damian Kocur | 15'
- Metro-Tram | Kateryna Yahodka | 9'
Short Films
Short Film Competition: Program II
- Boots on the Ground, Hands in the Soil | Karolina Uskakovych | 16'
- Comma | Sonia Leliukh | 4'
- Where Russia Ends | Oleksiy Radynski | 25'
- As It Was | Anastasiia Solonevych, Damian Kocur | 15'
- Metro-Tram | Kateryna Yahodka | 9'
Set in Ukrainian winter landscapes, explores a man returning home to care for his dying mother and reflections on past choices.
Main Program
Stepne
Set in Ukrainian winter landscapes, explores a man returning home to care for his dying mother and reflections on past choices.
Documentary about residents of Yahidne village locked in a school basement for 27 days by Russian troops in March 2022, featuring testimonies.
Generation Ukraine
The Basement
Documentary about residents of Yahidne village locked in a school basement for 27 days by Russian troops in March 2022, featuring testimonies.
Avant-garde film depicting the life stages of 18th-century Armenian poet Sayat-Nova through impressionistic visuals and poetry.
Retrospective
The Color of Pomegranates
Avant-garde film depicting the life stages of 18th-century Armenian poet Sayat-Nova through impressionistic visuals and poetry.
Main Program
The Editorial Office
Fiction · Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic · 2023
Roman Bondarchuk · 126'
A biologist discovers arson and becomes entangled in absurd networks of media and politics in this satirical sci-fi social commentary.
Main Program
The Editorial Office
A biologist discovers arson and becomes entangled in absurd networks of media and politics in this satirical sci-fi social commentary.
- Čvanlive Kurča | Ipolyt Lazarchuk
- Pozdorovlyayu z Perehodom | Їvha Hryhorovyč | 63'
Ukrainian Legacies
Ukrainian Legacies in the Archival Space
- Čvanlive Kurča | Ipolyt Lazarchuk
- Pozdorovlyayu z Perehodom | Їvha Hryhorovyč | 63'
Documentary about people and their pets during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Us, Our Pets and War
Documentary about people and their pets during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Short Film Competition
Jury 2024
01
Jury President
Mariette Rissenbeek
After many years of working first in film distribution and then as a producer for TV and cinema films, Mariëtte Rissenbeek has been working at German Films since 2002 on the international marketing of German films abroad and has built up a worldwide network of festivals, distributors and production companies. From 2020 to 2024 she headed the Berlinale and is now working again as a producer.
02
Jury Member
Isabel Stever
Isabel studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. Her films, such as First Marriage (2002), Gisela (2005), The Weather Inside (2016), and Grand Jeté (2022), gained international attention and received multiple awards both domestically and abroad. Isabelle Stever works as a director, screenwriter, and freelance lecturer at the DFFB and the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.
03
Jury Member
Roman Bondarchuk
Ukrainian filmmaker, known for his award-winning documentaries and feature films. Roman also serves as the artistic director of the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Docudays UA. His first feature-length documentary, Ukrainian Sheriffs (2015), earned an Oscar nomination for Ukraine. His film "Volcano" premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and was featured in over 50 festivals, winning more than a dozen awards. His last film "The Editorial Office" was premiered at the Berlinale 2024 and is currently screened in the main program of UFFB.
04
Jury Member
Robert Wunsch
Before Robert came to Babelsberg to study at the HFF "Konrad Wolff", he completed an apprenticeship as a merchant for audiovisual media at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk in Leipzig. As a student, Robert continued to work as a freelance photographer, production driver and production manager for RBB. After graduating, he moved back to Leipzig. There he worked as a production manager for TV stations and various production companies, where he realized fictional and documentary productions. Since 2019, he has headed the Leipzig branch of D-Facto Motion GmbH and is responsible for the post-production of numerous national and international cinema, VOD and TV feature films.
Winner — Short Film Competition
Boots On the Ground, Hands in the Soil
“We, the Jury were impressed by the strong short film competition of this year's Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin. The different formats in the selection gave us the opportunity to experience very different perspectives. The award goes to a film which is at the same time casual and touching. The communication between the generations is told in an open and honest way, as is the dialogue with the camera. The strength the young protagonist recognizes in her grandmother's life experience suggests the film's title. The Award for the Best Short Film and the D-Facto Motion Award, worth €7,000 in postproduction services in kind, goes to... "Boots On the Ground, Hands in the Soil" by Karolina Uskakovych” — Jury 2024
