Docudays UA: Ten years of the three-day war that has lasted for three centuries
The 21st Docudays UA kicks off today.
The 21th Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will be held in Kyiv from 31 May to 9 June 2024. The festival is nonpolitical and noncommercial. This year’s theme is Ten years of the three-day war that has lasted for three centuries, contemplating the culture of memory in the face of war and the global fragility of the world.
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Films
Body
Director: Petra Seliškar
Resilience, acceptance, and the intertwining of mind and body.
Intercepted
Director: Oksana Karpovych
Contrasting quiet Ukrainian life compositions with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families.
Invisible Nation
Director: Vanessa Hope
The democratic spirit of Taiwan and its complex relationship with its powerful neighbour.
Knit’s Island
Director: Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h
A deep dive into virtual survivalist communities and the blur between reality and gaming.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Director: Anna Hints
Female solidarity through Estonian women continuing an age-old tradition.
The DNA of Dignity
Director: Jan Baumgartner
We do not only find bones. We find stories. Lives once lived. Keeping an emotional distance is not always easy.
The Kyiv Files
Director: Walter Stokman
A gripping exploration of Soviet-era paranoia and oppression in Ukraine.
While the Green Grass Grows
Director: Peter Mettler
A unique and personal cinematic exploration of the flow of rivers and lives, including the passing of his parents and global questions.