U-Kino Film Festival: Shorts on Architecture – Free Event

Welcome to the U-Kino Film Festival: Shorts on Architecture

U-Kino is a festival of Ukrainian cinema, with an aim to raise visibility of Ukrainian film and culture more broadly. The intention is to explore possibilities of ‘disagreeing well’, sophisticated spaces to explore conflict and the role of creative practice. The festival takes place from July – November 2024, the final screening is to coincide with commemorative events at the National Museum of Holodomor Genocide, Kyiv. The screenings take place in SODA cinema at the School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Join us on Tue Aug 6 2024 at 15:00 at SODA (School of Digital Arts) for an exciting cinematic experience.

Five architecture and urbanism films directed by Roman Blazhan, 2018–2020. Total running time 42 minutes.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Eddy Rhead from The Modernist.

The event is free to attend, all welcome.

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Other events in this series: All events are free to attend, all welcome.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors / Tini zabutykh predkiv / Wild Horses of Fire

Wednesday 7 August 3.00–6.00pm
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Year: 1964 Duration: 98 min

Two Hutsul families have been feuding for many years. Against this backdrop of animosity and a lust for revenge, a pure and bright love is born between Ivan and Marichka, members of the feuding families.

Followed by a Q&A with Larysa Bolton from kazky.

The Babushkas of Chernobyl

Monday 12 August 3.00–6.00pm

Director: Holly Morris, Anne Bogart
Year: 2015 Duration: 70 min

In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, a defiant community of women scratches out an existence on some of the most toxic land on Earth.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A

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U-Kino Film Festival: u-kino.cargo.site

This event is supported by AHEAD – Arts & Humanities Engagement and Dialogue, Manchester Met’s Engagement Programme for making a positive impact through research