Special guest: UK director Mark Cousins
The third edition of International Festival of Film and Urbanism was named “86: Generation Circle”. The topic of this year‘s forum refers to the anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and suggests exploring it in the context of time, memory, generation gap and dialogue among representatives of different generations.
The festival will be opened with a documentary “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” directed by Holly Morris. The programme itself will feature this year’s landmark documentaries. Among them two films of the special guest - the UK director Mark Cousins, whose visit was supported by the British Council in Ukraine.
Apart from presenting his works, Mark Cousins will be part of the International jury of the first national documentaries competition “Palm of North”.
For the first time “86” programme will include feature films: a vanguard musical from 1962 by Herbet Rappaport based on operetta “Cheryomushki” by Dmitry Shostakovich and a Cuban film about a twin-city of Slavutych “The Project of the Century”.
In addition to films, guests of the festival are invited to the urban, children, musical and art programmes. Art programme will include an intervention and the exhibition of Swiss photographer Niels Ackermann - award winner at Best Swiss Photo 2016.
Entrance to all film screenings is free.