Ukrainian Film Festival in Edmonton - 2024
April 12-14th 2024
From March 31st-April 2nd, 2023, the Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian studies, - in partnership with the Alberta Society for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies, Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre at MacEwan University, and the Alberta Local and International Education Association—co-organized the inaugural Ukrainian Film Festival in Edmonton, which presented a selection of contemporary Ukrainian films that have been acclaimed by world critics and won various international awards. Over the course of three days, over 650 festival-goers had the opportunity to watch the brightest representatives of Ukrainian cinema in recent years and view what the world of contemporary Ukrainian cinema has to offer. The UFFE president was Oleksandr Pankieiev. See the film selection below.
20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
2024 Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature Film
Film by Mstyslav Chernov
An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggles to continue its work documenting atrocities of the Russian invasion. As the only international reporters who remain in the city, they capture what later become defining images of the war: dying children, mass graves, the bombing of a maternity hospital, and more.
Do You Love Me? (2023)
Film by Tonya Noyabrova
Kira is living her life in teenage confidence that the world revolves around her. Born and raised in the latter years of Soviet Ukraine, she sees her life as predictable and clear. But that doesn't last long.
In the Rearview (2023)
Film by Maciek Hamela
A small van traverses war-torn roads, picking up Ukrainians as they abandon their homes at the front. Shuttling them across the battered landscape into exile, the van becomes a fragile refuge, a zone for its passengers' confidences.
Homeward (2019)
Crimean Tatar: Evge
Film by Nariman Aliev
A father and son from a Crimean Tatar family transport the body of their deceased older son and brother from Kyiv to bury him in Crimea.
We Will Not Fade Away (2023)
Film by Alisa Kovalenko
For five teenagers living in the conflict-ridden Donbas region of Ukraine, a Himalayan expedition provides a brief escape from reality. A portrait of a generation that, in spite of everything, is able to recognize and celebrate the fragile beauty of life.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2022)
Film by Antonio Lukich
Mykola and Vasya go in search of their father, who left them when they were children, after they come to know that he is dying in Luxembourg. Kolya considers him a hero, while Vasya thinks he is a scoundrel.
Back to Home (2025)