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‘The Crystal Palace’ at the Berlinale: reframing Ukrainian cinema of the 1930s
Oksana Shchur
‘The Crystal Palace’ at the Berlinale: reframing Ukrainian cinema of the 1930s
A banned film about a sculptor who depicted Christ wearing a gas mask returns to the screen in the Berlinale's ‘Classics’ programme — proof that the history of Ukrainian cinema is more complex and daring than it seems. 
  • ‘Traces’ premieres at the Berlinale, launching international campaign against wartime sexual violence
    Kateryna Hladka
    ‘Traces’ premieres at the Berlinale, launching international campaign against wartime sexual violence
    The film became part of a major advocacy campaign against sexual violence during the full-scale war. 
  • Poet and servicewoman Yaryna Chornohuz sets off on tour across five cities in Ireland
    Kateryna Hladka
    Poet and servicewoman Yaryna Chornohuz sets off on tour across five cities in Ireland
    The tour will run from 16 to 20 February.
  • Zaporizhzhya: Active Defence
    Zaporizhzhya: Active Defence
    Last week media and social networks were reporting what looked like real progress by the Defence Forces in Zaporizhzhya Region. People were writing it was almost a counter-offensive. So what’s actually going on?
  • Kurt Volker: Russia is using negotiations to distract the world while continuing the war
    Marianna Prysyazhnyuk
    Kurt Volker: Russia is using negotiations to distract the world while continuing the war
    The former special representative of the US State Department on "deadline diplomacy" and Russia's strategy for negotiations. 
  • George Scutaru: Against backdrop of partial US withdrawal from Europe, Russia may test whether NATO Article 5 works
    Marianna Prysyazhnyuk
    George Scutaru: Against backdrop of partial US withdrawal from Europe, Russia may test whether NATO Article 5 works
    Conversation with a Romanian expert on the Black Sea region, hybrid threats, and Russian aggression.
  • Ukrainian philosophical work ‘Life on the Edge’ published in France by Gallimard
    Kateryna Hladka
    Ukrainian philosophical work ‘Life on the Edge’ published in France by Gallimard
    The Ukrainian book by Tetyana Oharkova and Volodymyr Yermolenko has been published by one of France’s most renowned publishing houses. 
  • Anne Applebaum: Peace talks have failed as Russia remains committed to its imperial ambitions
    Marianna Prysyazhnyuk
    Anne Applebaum: Peace talks have failed as Russia remains committed to its imperial ambitions
    A conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winner about Donald Trump's "Greenland" whims, relations with Poland, and the risks of US peace guarantees for Ukraine. 
  • General Ben Hodges: Any agreement between Washington and Moscow is meaningless without Ukraine’s consent
    Marianna Prysyazhnyuk
    General Ben Hodges: Any agreement between Washington and Moscow is meaningless without Ukraine’s consent
    On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, former commander of the US Army in Europe, retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, stated in a brief interview with LB.ua that he has no confidence in negotiations…
  • Munich Security Conference, day two: the Iron Curtain revisited and Europe’s search for a nuclear umbrella
    Marianna Prysyazhnyuk
    Munich Security Conference, day two: the Iron Curtain revisited and Europe’s search for a nuclear umbrella
    Europe is preparing for a scenario in which “calming” speeches are no longer a guarantee, and security issues have to be resolved independently. Report from the Munich Security Conference. 
  • Ukrainian writer and soldier Andriy Lyubka honoured with Polish–Lithuanian Jerzy Giedroyc award
    Kateryna Hladka
    Ukrainian writer and soldier Andriy Lyubka honoured with Polish–Lithuanian Jerzy Giedroyc award
    The award was presented in Warsaw; however, as Andriy Lyubka is currently serving in the military, he was unable to attend in person. 
  • From Ivano-Frankivsk to Prague: psychotherapist and artist Rostyslav Prokopyuk on Ukrainian identity and loss after the war
    Tamara Kutsay
    From Ivano-Frankivsk to Prague: psychotherapist and artist Rostyslav Prokopyuk on Ukrainian identity and loss after the war
    A conversation with Rostyslav Prokopyuk, founder of the Ukrainian Institute in Prague and psychotherapist, about relations between Ukrainians and Czechs, his desire to represent Ukraine in the Senate, and the post-war future. 
  • $38 billion pledged to Ukraine: Fedorov outlines outcomes of “one of the most successful” Ramstein meetings
    $38 billion pledged to Ukraine: Fedorov outlines outcomes of “one of the most successful” Ramstein meetings
    More than $6 billion in aid packages were confirmed, including over $2.5 billion for Ukrainian drones, more than $500 million for PURL, $2 billion for air defence, as well as funding for artillery ammunition, training,…
  • Four years of Heraskevych’s struggle: from “No to war!” to the “helmet of remembrance”
    Vitaliy Tkachuk
    Four years of Heraskevych’s struggle: from “No to war!” to the “helmet of remembrance”
    World ignored Ukrainian skeleton racer in 2022, so he now speaks about “fruits” of war that was not stopped then.
  • Animals in War, starring Sean Penn, secures North American distribution
    Kateryna Hladka
    Animals in War, starring Sean Penn, secures North American distribution
    Omnibus Entertainment has acquired the distribution rights. 
  • Premiere of two symphonies by contemporary Ukrainian composers to take place at Lviv Organ Hall
    Veronika Yakymets
    Premiere of two symphonies by contemporary Ukrainian composers to take place at Lviv Organ Hall
    The program will feature compositions inspired by quantum physics and the number seven. 
  • Ukrainian author Mariya Starozhytska publishes alphabet book about New Zealand
    Kateryna Hladka
    Ukrainian author Mariya Starozhytska publishes alphabet book about New Zealand
    In the book, each letter introduces interesting places, traditions and phenomena of the country. 
  • Makhno’s Legacy. Part I. Wife and Daughter
    Nataliya Lebid
    Makhno’s Legacy. Part I. Wife and Daughter
    The story of ataman’s wife Halyna Kuzmenko and their daughter Olena Mikhnenko, told through documents from the SBU archives that have never been published before, and facts that have not previously been brought to light.
  • Berlin to host discussion on artist Davyd Chychkan, killed in the war
    Kateryna Hladka
    Berlin to host discussion on artist Davyd Chychkan, killed in the war
    The project will include a lecture, a discussion and screenings of two short films about the artist. 
  • Kharkiv photography exhibition opens at Lille’s train stations
    Kateryna Hladka
    Kharkiv photography exhibition opens at Lille’s train stations
    The project covers three generations of Kharkiv photographers. 
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