Docudays UA in Chernihiv region: a journey through illusions

On December 1, 2016, at 11:00, in the conference hall of the Ukraine Hotel (Chernihiv, Myru Ave., 33, 4th floor), a press briefing will be held dedicated to the opening of the 13th International Traveling Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Docudays UA in the Chernihiv region. The festival will travel through the Chernihiv region from December 1 to 16, 2016.

This year’s Docudays UA screenings are united by the theme “Through Illusions”, because today countries and peoples are saying goodbye to many of their illusions. The illusion of the stability of the world order, which strong democratic countries have agreed on together, is being destroyed. The illusion of the whole world about the weakness of Ukraine and the inability of Ukrainians to self-organize has been dispelled. Ukrainians, in turn, have faced a fundamental question: isn’t it time for the authorities and society to get rid of the illusion that the country can be reformed without changing the basic relations in the economic, social and cultural spheres. This year’s program of the 13th Docudays UA Traveling Festival in Chernihiv Oblast, as well as numerous events and innovations of the festival on December 1, will be told by the participants of the press briefing:

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Nadiya Kryvopalenko

– regional coordinator of Docudays UA in Chernihiv Oblast of the NGO “MART”;

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Ruslana Burova

– human rights activist, executive director of the NGO “MART”;

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Kateryna Dankova

– lawyer, program coordinator of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights.

Docudays UA

– the only international documentary film festival on human rights in Ukraine. It is non-political and non-commercial, and takes place every year during the last week of March in Kyiv. The festival organizers are: Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights, NGO “Pivden”, Kherson Regional Charity and Health Fund, NGO “Center for Modern Information Technologies and Visual Arts”.

Every year, in the fall, Docudays UA traditionally presents the best films in the regions of Ukraine during the Traveling Festival. Screenings last from October to December (inclusive). The Traveling International Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights Docudays UA is held with the support of the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine.

The mission of the Traveling Festival

is to create opportunities for every person in Ukraine to watch the most talented and relevant documentary films from around the world. In this way, we contribute to the development of critical thinking, the formation of an active civic position and the attitude to human dignity as the highest value. By implementing our mission, we contribute to the popularization and development of documentary films and to increasing the level of respect for human rights in Ukraine.

The goal of the Traveling Festival

is to contribute to the popularization and development of documentary films and increasing the level of respect for human rights in Ukraine.

The festival is non-political and non-commercial. Admission to all film screenings is free.

More details about the program of regional screenings can be found on the web resources of the NGO “MART”, the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, as well as on the official website of the Docudays UA Traveling Human Rights Documentary Film Festival: