Warsaw to host 11th Ukraina! Film Festival from November 2
The Polish capital will screen dozens of Ukrainian feature, documentary and short films during the week-long event. Natalka Vorozhbyt’s Demons will open the programme.
The 11th Ukraina! Festiwal Filmowy is scheduled to run in Warsaw from November 2 to 9, with screenings at the Atlantic and Amondo cinemas and the Andrzej Wajda Centre for Film Culture. inPoland.net.pl reported details of the programme on Wednesday, October 28.
Opening night will feature Demons, the second full-length directorial work by Ukrainian playwright and filmmaker Natalka Vorozhbyt. The Ukraine-Poland production includes the final screen role of actress and television presenter Ruslana Pysanka. It previously had its world premiere in competition at the Locarno Film Festival.
The Warsaw competition comprises eight feature films, nine documentaries and 23 shorts selected from about 150 submissions. The line-up includes Valentyn Vasyanovych’s For Victory!, which received awards in Toronto and Odesa, and Traces, Ukraine’s Academy Awards contender and a competitor in the festival’s documentary section.
Polish and Ukrainian film professionals will assess the entries, while audience awards will also be presented. The festival is then expected to take Ukrainian cinema to several Polish cities in November and December, including Wrocław, Kraków, Poznań, Lublin, Przemyśl, Łódź and Gdańsk.