Ahead of 2021 festival, Docudays UA releases full DOCU/PRO industry programme
Docudays UA Industry Platform #DOCU/PRO promotes Ukrainian documentary films, develops its film industry, and establishes contacts with international experts in
Docudays UA
Located in Kyiv, Ukraine
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is held annually in the last week of March in Kyiv. Its objective is to facilitate the respect for and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, to establish an understanding of human dignity as the highest value, to raise the level of civil activity in Ukraine, to promote the development of documentary filmmaking.
Left in the mud
CORRUPTION: Political turmoil and ecological catastrophe come together in Venezuela’s existential fight for survival.
Docudays UA to take 18th edition hybrid
This spring, the 18th #Docudays UA# (26 March – 4 April, 2021) will be held in a hybrid format for
Paradise lost
ENVIRONMENT: A single man wields enough power to uproot the living artifacts of his country’s collective history and memory.
Underrepresented participants of war
CONFLICT: Fleeing one war and entering into another, the grief and uncertainty of one Syrian family beg the question: what drives a person to serve a country that doesn’t always appreciate the sacrifice?
The years to come
SOCIETY: Maite Alberdi’s film cleverly touches on a delicate theme and invites us with compassion and tenderness to reflect on isolation, the rigours of patriarchal society, and the organisation of work and family.
Children of the Intifada
CONFLICT: At the time this film was made there were over four hundred children under the age of sixteen held in Israeli prisons, an alarming fact – as is the recognition someone is engaging them to become front-line warriors.
Frenzies of speculation
INTERNET: A frightening look into the world of conspiracy theories and the relativity of knowledge on the computer screen
Last stop utopia
CUBA: After ushering in the American Empire and its eventual revolt against it, Hubert Sauper takes an immersive look at Cuba and its people.
What to Stream at the 17th Docudays UA Digital Edition
Attending the #Docudays UA# International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival a couple of years back proved to be one of
DocuDays UA brings key figures to talk festival policy in quarantine times
The current ban on holding mass events due to quarantine measures has forced film festivals to rethink their formats. Ukraine’s
Nostalgia for public places
COMMUNITY: In the shadows of Las Vegas, real people, in an unreal situation, face an uncertain future.