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Kyiv Food and Wine Festival
The presidential election weekend will not only bring stress and tension, but also the 12th Kyiv Food and Wine Festival, at which Kyiv citizens and visitors will be able to forget about politics for a while. The biannual festival will bring together dozens of Ukrainian wineries, cheese farms, and fans of both products. Apart from that, the event’s organizers promise a large street food court, a 5-kilometer Kyiv Wine Run, their usual Oyster Battle eating contest, live music, and an exhibition exploring the history of Ukrainian winemaking. Every guest will get a branded wine glass.
Kyiv Food and Wine Festival. VDNH (1 Akademika Hlushkova Ave.) April 20-21. 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. One-day entrance – Hr 100 (online ticket), Hr 150 (at the entrance)
Dylan Moran
Ukraine is about to get roasted! Irish comedian and actor Dylan Moran will perform in Kyiv as part of his European “Dr. Cosmos” tour. Moran has been involved in comedy for over 20 years, going from entertaining small audiences at tiny underground venues to being featured at the world’s best comedy festivals. Moran’s style is often described as observational and dark comedy. Don’t miss the opportunity to have a good laugh, as stand up comedy in English is a rare treat in Kyiv.
Dylan Moran (stand up show). Zhovtnevyi Palace (1 Heroiv Nebesnoi Sotni Alley). April 17. 8 p.m. Hr 1,050-2,000
TEDxKyiv Live
One of the main sessions of the global TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada will be broadcast live in Kyiv by the team of TEDxKyiv, the branch of the organization that hosts talks on the “ideas worth spreading” in the city. The session, entitled “Power,” will feature talks by Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Julius Maada Bio, who ushered multiparty democracy in Sierra Leone as the country’s president, and the journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who investigated Russian interference in the Brexit referendum, breaking the story on the data company Cambridge Analytica. Two other speakers are Sidy Ndao, a pioneering researcher in nanotech and heat dynamics, and Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab, the company that manufactures and launches rockets designed to put small satellites into orbit. The TED live event is also an opportunity to meet the TEDxKyiv community to discuss the talks and make useful contacts.
TEDxKyiv Live. Fedoriv Hub (5 Velyka Vasylkivska St.) April 16. 6 p.m. Hr 350-700
Kyiv International Short Film Festival
300 short films from Zimbabwe to Iceland, from Taiwan to Chile – all continents – will be screened at the International Short Film Festival in Kyiv. The biggest short film event in Ukraine will have 35 sections in which viewers will definitely find something to their liking. Besides the competition section, there will be curatorial selections, showcases from film schools and festivals, sections for experimental and radical films, a Ukrainian films retrospective, and special programs for kids and teens. One of the main themes of the festival is the romantic and rebellious events in Europe that have influenced the present: the fall of the Berlin Wall and decline of the Soviet Union, and the emergence of the new democracies in Eastern Europe. All films will be screened in original languages with Ukrainian subtitles.
Kyiv International Short Film Festival. Kyiv Cinema (19 Velyka Vasylkivska St.) April 17-21. 6 10:30 p.m. Festival pass – Hr 500, one screening – Hr 50-80
