Вінніпеґ Український № 8 (32) (October 2017)

A New Season for KinoFilm Fest
The 4th Annual KinoFilm Fest launches in a new season and in a new venue!
October 12 – 15, 2017 at Cinematheque and the Met in Winnipeg’s Exchange District
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nce again this year KinoFilm Fest will be enticing Winnipeg movie lovers with
award-winning feature films, documentaries, and kids’ movies from Ukraine,
with stories ranging from the mean streets of Mariupol to wizards and dragons!
ANNOUNCEMENTS. ОГОЛОШЕННЯ
The Opening Night Reception. Special guest Gennadiy Mokhnenko
A portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to further Gennady’s work with Ukraine’s homeless
children.
Presented by Zorianna & Eugene Hyworon and Family.
МАЙЖЕ СВЯТИЙ. ALMOST HOLY Directed by Steve Hoover. 2015 Ukraine USA, 1 hr 36 min. English & Ukrainian
with English subtitles
Critically acclaimed internationally, Almost Holy is
an often harrowing documentary that tracks Gennady
Mokhnenko, a larger than life Ukrainian pastor, nicknamed
“Crocodile,” as he struggles, using all methods at
РОДНЫЕ. CLOSE RELATIONS Directed by Vitaly Mansky. 2016 Ukraine, 1 hr 52 min. Russian & Ukrainian with
English subtitles
In the documentary, Close Relations, director, Vitaly
Mansky, brilliantly uses the prism of his own large extended
family to explore contemporary divisions in
Ukrainian society resulting from both the collapse of
the Soviet Union and the current occupation of eastern
Ukraine by Russia.
That Never Happened provides a fascinating historical
recounting of Canada’s World War 1 internment
operations whereby over 80,000 East European immigrants,
mostly Ukrainian, were forced to register as
“enemy aliens”. Some 8000 individuals who failed to
What, asks Mansky, is the denition of national identity?
Is it geography, language or blood lines?
How can it be that someone, during their lifetime,
could have lived in three or four diferent countries
without ever having left their home?
That Never Happened: Canada’s First National Internment Operations Directed by Ryan Boyko.
2017 Canada, 1 hr 15 min. English. Q&A with the director following the screening.
Ukrainian & Italian with English subtitles
In this gripping drama, Daryna returns to her Ukrainian
village after spending two years in Italy working
as a maid in the house of a rich divorced lawyer and his
bitter mother.
Daryna’s earnings have made it possible for her husband
to build a new house in the village and enable her
register or were unemployed or simply indigent, were
put into forced labour camps under armed guard. Beginning
n the 1980’s, several individuals took it upon
themselves to reclaim this forgotten chapter in Canadian
history.
ГНІЗДО ГОРЛИЦІ. THE NEST OF THE TURTLEDOVE Directed by Taras Tkachenko. 2016, Ukraine, 1 hr 42 min.
daughter to pursue her studies.
When Daryna returns, however, she carries with her
a secret that can destroy her family. She is ten weeks
pregnant, having given in to the advances of her Italian
employer.
УКРАЇНСЬКІ ШЕРИФИ. UKRAINIAN SHERIFFS Directed by Roman Bondarchuk 2015, Ukraine, 1 hr 25 min.
Ukrainian & Russian with English subtitles
The Dragon Spell is a wondrous animated tale about
Nicky, a young boy who embarks on a great adventure
to save both the world of humans and the world
of magic from the evil intentions of a witch possessed
by the ghost of a dragon.
his disposal, to get homeless and drug addicted children
out of the sewers and off the mean streets of Mariupol,
a city increasingly threatened by the pro Russian rebels
fighting in Donetsk.
Ukrainian Sheris is a documentary portrait of two
newly appointed sheris in a remote village in eastern
Ukraine. Events in this lm turn comic and tragic.
Making their rounds over country trails in a 1973
yellow Lada, the duo tackle thefts of ducks and bicycles,
accusations of adultery and the mysterious disappearance
of village dogs. The sheris also do plumbing
and electrical work.
When Russia invades Crimea deeper conflicts arise
over which the sheris have little control.
МИКИТА КОЖУМ’ЯКА. THE DRAGON SPELL Directed by Depoyan Minuk 2016 Ukraine, 1 hr 25 min. English
Nicky is joined on his quest by his friends Eddie, a
bat who is wizard in training and Rocky, a feral child.
Through their exploits the adventurers learn what it
means to be a true hero.
Tickets: Kalyna Store, (204) 582-2832, 952 Main St. and Oseredok, (204) 942-0218, 184 Alexander Ave E., Winnipeg.
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For more info visit WWW.KINOFILMFEST.CA or email info@ukrainianwinnipeg.ca
- OCTOBER 2017 - UKRAINIAN WINNIPEG
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