Editor’s Note: To see the full list of events, please check the calendar. To let us know about the upcoming shows, exhibitions, concerts, and parties, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
‘Donbas’
“Donbas,” Ukraine’s national film nominee for the U.S. Academy Awards will premiere in Kyiv with English subtitles. The Belarus-born Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa has already won the best director prize in the Cannes film festival’s Un Certain Regard competition for this drama about Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine. Loznitsa will personally present the film in Kyiv cinema on Oct. 19 and Zhovten cinema on Oct. 20.
“Donbas.” Kyiv Cinema (19 Velyka Vasylkivska St.) Zhovten (26 Kostiantynivska St.) Oct. 19-24.
Check screenings time and buy tickets at www.kievkino.com.ua/uk/1090/7199/index.html and www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua/films/donbas
(Britt Schilling)
‘What’s Important’
Kyiv’s Izone art center throws another exhibition raising important social issues. “What’s Important” combines paintings and photographs by over 20 Ukrainian and German artists, who tried to find out through art what things people with Down syndrome find the most important in life. Some of the artworks were created by people with Down syndrome or in collaboration with them. The exhibition was supported by the Goethe-Institut Ukraine and German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“What’s Important.” Izone (8 Naberezhno-Luhova St.) Oct. 19. 5-8 p.m. Oct. 20 – Nov. 8. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Free
(Courtesy)
‘Volcano’
This year’s Ukrainian movie hit “Volcano” will finally be screened in Kyiv after its national premiere at the Odesa International Film Festival in July. The film is a feature debut of Ukrainian director Roman Bondarchuk famous for his documentaries. The film tells a story of local translator Lucas who works for OSCE, travels to the Crimean border with the mission, gets lost and then stuck in a small village of Kherson Oblast. There, Lucas gets to know the village life and rethinks his own life. Aesthetic and charming, “Volcano” will be screened in Ukrainian with English subtitles.
“Volcano.” Kyiv Cinema (19 Velyka Vasylkivska St.) Oct. 21. 7 p.m. Hr 70
(Facebook/ Sharon Covacs)
Kovacs
The Dutch singer Sharon Kovacs will perform with a band in Ukraine for the first time. Kovacs infuses her soul singing with elements of pop, jazz and electronica to create dramatic performances, often fueled with tango rhythms. The Bond-like tango noir of the band’s first song “My Love” was an instant European hit, and the debut album “Shades of Black” charted in 36 countries, hitting number one in the Netherlands. In Kyiv, Kovacs will present the new album “Cheap Smell” and perform some of the older hits.
Kovacs. Zhovtnevyi Palace (1 Heroiv Nebesnoi Sotni Alley). Oct. 23. 7 p.m. Hr 750-2,690
